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Irish folk singer Sean Tyrrell performed in Woods Theatre on October 7.

A career networking mixer was held last week to help upperclassmen with internships, jobs and resumes.

Factory farming leads people to realize the lives of farm animals are not as bliss-ful as they may seem.

Members of Greek Life gave their best in music at the annual Monmouth Idol event.

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PostSecret Creator Frank Warren Shares Secrets

and Exhibition TIFFANY MATTERA

STAFF WRITER

Open House Greets 1,600 Prospective Students and Families

Professor Scott Appointed to Director

of Ex Ed

Students Participate at

27 Sites at Big Event

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Dr. Robert H. Scott III, As-sociate Professor of economics, was recently appointed the Di-rector of Experiential Education at the University.

As the newly appointed direc-tor of Experiential Education (Ex Ed) Scott said he plans to help students “think through their careers, internships, co-ops, and opportunities for learning out-side the University.”

In a tough economic climate, college students’ concern for find-ing jobs upon graduation increas-ingly grows. The University is making a conscientious effort to improve upon its experiential edu-cation program and help students become more aware of the many opportunities available to them.

These opportunities can great-ly help them find jobs and reduce the anxiety of facing the “real world,” as it has become a ma-jor apprehension for college stu-dents nationwide.

“I think sometimes students just don’t know that their depart-ment or the school has a career advisor and planner and some-body to talk to about jobs, in-ternships, co-ops, and opportu-nities,” said Scott.

He seeks to see more interac-tion between students and their career advisors and planners.

Dr. Saliba Sarsar, Associate Vice President for Academic Program Initiatives and profes-sor of Political Science, said, “The [experiential education] program is extremely important for students in the 21st century.” This reinforces some of the chal-lenges that students of this gen-eration face and places impor-tance on helping them overcome these obstacles.

Scott will be doing an evalua-tion of the program, which was designed in 1992 and put into ef-fect in 1997. He will see whether how it exists today is what was originally envisioned and if it has lived up to its promise.

“I’m just here to further the cause,” added Scott.

When asked about what the

GINA COLUMBUSEDITOR-IN-CHIEF

PHOTO COURTESY of Jim Reme

President Gaffney spoke to a filled MAC at Sunday’s Open House.

As founder of the humani-ties and art project PostSecret, Frank Warren receives mail from all over the world. He has gotten secrets on sea shells, death certificates, and a bag of coffee, to name a few. He shared those experiences and many others with the citizens of West Long Branch and students of the University in Pollak The-ater on Friday, October 8.

Before the show began, peo-ple waited in line to purchase some of the PostSecret books at a discounted rate, with a spe-cial message on the inside cov-er that read, “The world needs to hear your voice.”

Warren opened the show by walking on stage during a vid-eo clip from the All American Rejects’ song “Dirty Little Se-cret.”

PHOTO COURTESY of Marisa Sottos

Warren has collected anomynous postcards from people telling him their most private secrets.

Approximately 1,600 pre-registered students and their families arrived at the University on Sunday for the annual Open House to tour the campus and in-quire and learn about academics and student organizations.

Assistant Vice President of Enrollment Management Lauren Vento Cifelli said there were ap-proximately 400 students, facul-ty and administrators volunteer-ing at the event.

“It truly is an event the entire campus community participates in, and because of their partici-pation, it has been a great suc-cess from year to year,” Vento Cifelli said.

The Open House lasted from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Registra-tion began at noon, followed by an introduction by President Paul G. Gaffney II in the Multipurpose

Student Government As-sociation (SGA) held their an-nual community service event, the Big Event from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm on Saturday, October 9. Around 292 Monmouth Universi-ty student’s volunteered, many of which were from different clubs and organizations on campus.

Organizations that volun-teered included fraternities, so-rorities, Psych Club, members of the cheerleading team, Colleges Against Cancer, Alumni, Na-tional Council of Negro Women, WMCX, International Read-ing Association Special Interest Council/ Kappa Delta Pi, Com-munity Service Club, School of Education, the University Dance Team, and the University Pep Band. The organizations were divided into 27 different sites where students were able to give back to the community.

The sites included Anasta-sio Residence, Asbury Avenue at Bowne Road, Asbury Unit-ed Methodist, B&G Club of Monmouth County, Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel, Severson Res-idence, Spring House, St. James Episcopal Church, St. Luke’s UMC, Stella Maris Retreat Cen-ter, Washington Drive, West Long Branch Cemetery, Boat Launch Park, Borgia Residence, Camp Oakhurst, Dave Dahrouge Park, First Baptist Church, Fran-cis Asbury Manor, Franklin Park Lake, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, LADACIN Net-work, Long Branch Covenant Church, Monmouth Commu-nity Garden, Multare Residence, Campus Facilities, Project Linus Blankets, and Reformaton Lu-theran Church.

At each site there were differ-ent community service opportu-nities for students. Giving back to the community is important and students showed their dedi-cation. Students devoted their time into volunteering at specific activities. At United Method-ist Homes in Asbury, a nursing home, students were able to play games, eat lunch with residents, and observed the daily routines of elders who reside at the nurs-ing home.

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Students gathered in the Ver-sailles room in Wilson Hall for a Career Networking Mixer on Thursday, September 30.

The event started at 5:00 pm and went on till 9:00 pm, giv-ing every interested student the chance to attend. Karl Gordinier, Consultant to Career Services, who was in charge of planning the event, said that this was the second networking mixer and he hopes it occurs annually.

“It gives students a chance to meet people and develop net-working as well as social skills,” Gordinier said.

Last year’s Networking Mixer occurred during earlier hours of the day which, according to Gor-dinier, did not give athletes and most students the opportunity to attend.

Several of the guest attendees

were University alumni. They talked to every student interested in their field of work and gave out business cards. Students signed in before entering the Versailles room and were given a paper con-taining a list of all alumni present and their field of work. The list also contained email addresses in case a student did not get to meet someone with their desired career.

There were 55 alumni and other professionals at the event, with a broad spectrum of dif-ferent careers. The list went on from careers in event planning, financial services, law, health-care, government, publishing and education.

According to Gordinier, ap-proximately 80 percent of all jobs happen through networking.

Jonathan Goodman, a junior economics and finance major, was on the planning committee

for the event.“This is such a great way to

possibly get an internship and get your foot in the door,” Goodman said

Kathy O’Connell, class of ’80, is a manager of customer advo-cacy and voluntarism for New Jersey Natural Gas. This was her first time at a career networking event and she wants to stay in-volved in helping University stu-dents succeed.

“This is a great way to get some important contacts,” O’Connell said and gave advice to students that “it’s okay to change your mind and to try new different things that interest you and in which you might succeed.”

The event gave students many opportunities and contacts, but the alumni and professionals were pleased to attend the event as well.

Joseph Vona, class of ’02, an E-

Networking Mixer Introduces Students to Alumni and Professionals JOANNA ZIETARA

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PHOTO COURTESY of Jim Reme

Students met professionals and alumni working in their desired career, and gave and received business cards which may lead to a jump start on their careers after graduation..

After introducing himself, he began his presentation of recent postcards.

“Everyone keeps a secret in a box and either buries it or takes it into the light to be shared,” Warren said.

The first postcard shown caused an emotional response from the audience, which read, “I didn't enlist to escape you. I enlisted to pay for our wedding. Will you marry me?.” The fol-lowing produced a few laughs, “I do a little jig in the stall every time I poop at work. I’m getting paid to do it!”

Warren receives a significant amount of secrets via e-mail as well, including one that he never quite found out, but remained in his mind.

The e-mail explained how a woman visited the website and was moved so much that she de-cided to buy a postcard, decorate it, and carefully write her secret, but felt horrible seeing the secret stare back at her, so she tore it in pieces because she no lon-ger wanted to carry that secret through life. It was from this that Warren came to the conclusion that not only do we carry secrets, but the secrets carry us as well.

Warren then went on to de-

scribe the origination of the proj-ect.

Five years ago, he obtained 5,000 postcards and mailed them across the country with the in-scription, “You're invited to con-tribute to an art project by mail-ing a postcard with a secret on it to this address, as long as the secret is true and hasn't been told to anyone before.”

Warren admitted that the com-bination of his mother’s reject-ing him, his friend's suicide, and other past events led him to cre-ate PostSecret.

Over the years, the project has helped Warren in such a way that the strength of strangers has made him stronger.

At one point, he posted a se-cret on the blog that was sent in from someone showing an old door with the type, “The holes on this door are from when my mom beat me.” Shortly after it was posted, more secrets came in which pictured broken doors. Warren hopes that by viewing those pictures, people realized that they are not alone in their struggle, because chances are someone else has that very same secret.

Warren also presented a pic-ture of larvae swarming a wom-an's breast and read, “I don't know if this is real or not, but I know you'll have trouble sleep-ing tonight!”

Nevertheless, that was a more somber part of the show, where Warren told of his experiences

working for suicide prevention organizations.

He claimed that a majority of the time, reporters asked about crime information sent to him, but not information concern-ing self harm. He claimed that within the next 12 months, 70 of the students in the audience will consider suicide. He said that in order to help our peers we need to ask them if they are thinking about hurting themselves and, if so, eliminate the means by which they could do it.

Warren is proud that the Post-Secret readers donated thousands of dollars in order to salvage the National Suicide Prevention ho-tline.

Nearing the close of the show, Warren gave an opportunity for members in the audience to bravely walk up to a micro-phone and tell a secret that has been bothering him or her lately. These secrets caused some peo-ple to cry and others to applaud.

At the wrapping up of this seg-ment, he urged the audience to never forget the secrets heard from classmates tonight, be-cause though each secret is as individual as a fingerprint, the secrets connect us. His conclud-ing words were based on advice from a stranger, “Maybe the rea-son why you have no ending for your talk is because there's not supposed to be one.”

After Warren had spoken, peo-ple walked over to the stage to get their books signed.

Melanie Martinez, a first year student, thoroughly enjoyed the show.

“I've been following PostSe-cret books and blogs for prob-ably two to three years. I went to the show tonight to listen to Frank's story and to find out the PostSecrets that weren't allowed in the books. Watching the show was very fulfilling. I never knew Frank was such a nice person and his personal stories really touched me and made me realize that though many people don't seem that they are going through a lot, they might be,” she said.

Darlene Curtis, also a first year student, had a similar re-action even though she has not been a long-time fan.

“I was touched by his stories, and by the brave people in the audience who shared theirs, as well as the postcards. It gave me the courage to tell Frank a secret during his book signing that I have been holding in for about seven years,” said Curtis.

“It is very empowering once you have the courage and control over your secret to share it. You definitely feel better after you do, because just knowing that some-one else knows and cares is a great feeling,” Curtis continued.

Frank Warren will be hold-ing lectures at 15 other colleges countrywide, and for those that can't make it to any of the shows, feel free to visit www.postsecret.com for updates every week.

Marketing specialist for Asbury Park Press, said that “the event is an amazing opportunity for us to reach out to students.”

Gordinier hopes for an even bigger crowd next year and a big-ger attendance of alumni and pro-fessionals.

Deepest Secrets Shared During PostSecret Event Secret continued from pg. 1

PHOTO COURTESY of Marisa Sottos

PostSecret postcards were displayed in Pollak Theatre and gave at-tendees a better understanding of Frank Warren’s job.

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The Majors Fair and Ex Ed Expo was held on Wednesday Oc-tober 6 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm in Anacon Hall.

The fair is an annual event for the University which gathers all academic departments and is run by the Center for Student Success (CSS) according to Jean Judge, Associate Dean of the Center for Student Success.

“It’s an opportu-nity to meet all de-partments and learn about majors as well as minors. It’s also a great way to meet faculty members of your major if you’ve already decided and an opportunity to get ideas about Ex Ed opportuni-ties,” Judge said.

Judge also stressed the impor-tance of students attending the fair

who are undecided about their major.

“For those undecided, it’s a way to get all the information neces-sary to make a decision on a ma-jor,” Judge said.

All academic departments set up booths and had representa-tives of the departments available to share information on the major or minor. Study Abroad and Ex Ed opportunities were also repre-sented and had people available to answer any questions.

The communication department had many representatives, each specializing in a different aspect of the major. Sherry Wien of the

Majors and Ex Ed Expo Fair Helps Undecided Students

Department of Communication explained how all clusters of the communication major are differ-ent, but similar.

“It’s a great way to show adver-sity within our own department. We specialize in different areas, everyone is communication, but different,” Wien said.

There were also many repre-sentatives for the Department of Social Work. Kelly Ward, an as-sociate professor of the School of

Social Work, expressed her opin-ion on the Majors Fair.

“This is an annual event, which is usually very well attended and allows first year students to be ex-posed to Ex Ed,” Ward Said.

Dr. Dorothy Varygiannes of the Department of Education had a very insightful perspective of the Majors Fair and Ex Ed Expo.

“This morning on the radio I heard that a lot of colleges are having fairs similar to our Majors Fair, which helps students find what major suits them. This just goes to show, no one has a crys-tal ball to tell you the future, you must find your passion,” Varygi-annes said.

The English Department had a senior John D’Esposito as a repre-sentative for their academic major,

who happy to be educated people about the English Department.

“This is a rewarding experience, that allows me to put something extra on my resume, ” D’Esposito said.

Many first year students at-tended the Majors Fair and Ex Ed Expo. Some were required by their Freshman Seminar class to attend.

Bill Scarano, a first year student, currently undeclared, used the Ma-

jors Fair as an infor-mative experience to help him make a decision.

“I think this is a good idea, es-pecially for unde-clared students. It’s good to talk to the professors who teach in each ma-

jor, and to give a clearer picture and better idea of each major,” Scarano said.

Another first year student, also undeclared, Chris Gatti, utilized this opportunity to learn about majors he was most interested in, and to get ideas for an internship.

“This has been very informa-tive, definitely because I’m unde-clared, it’s helpful for those who are unsure and helps to show what kind of jobs you can get within a major and shows internship ideas,” Gatti said.

The Majors Fair and Ex Ed Expo, according to students, was an informative experience for those who attended and a reward-ing experience for those students who represented their depart-ments.

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Activity Center (MAC). Gaffney’s speech included men-

tions of the men’s soccer team being ranked tenth in the nation, last month’s MACE Awards ceremony featuring NBC anchor Brian Williams, and a performance by musician Bob Dylan in the MAC this November. Gaffney compared the University to other in-stitutions found in rural and urban ar-eas, online colleges, and more.

“In 14 minutes, you can walk to the Atlantic Ocean. For $14, you can hop on in the train, and in a little over an hour, arrive in New York City and see all that it has to offer,” Gaffney said.

Academic sessions lasted from 1:30 pm to 3:10 pm, giving prospec-tive students and parents the opportu-nity to visit the academic departments they are interested in. Also beginning at the same time were the meetings of student services and programs, student clubs and organizations, and campus tours which lasted for the re-mainder of the afternoon.

Senior Alyssa Kraus, member of The Student Council for Exceptional Children, said her organization had a “good amount” of prospective stu-dents and parents at her table in Er-langer Gardens, but mostly answered questions about the University’s edu-cation program.

“I think a lot of the kids are really enjoying it and getting to see a lot of the clubs and organizations,” Kraus said, but “a lot of the clubs aren’t here. There are only a few of the fraternities and sororities.”

Senior Nicole McQueen and mem-ber of the Social Work Club said the Student Ambassadors and admis-sions counselors were “positive, wel-coming and very helpful” throughout the afternoon for families.

The Monmouth Oral Communi-cation Center (MOCC) also played a

part in the day. Students stood outside the MAC when Gaffney’s speech end-ed, giving performances to students and families about the University’s mission statement, the Department of Communication, and “leaders look-ing forward.” Some student speakers guided groups to other departments on campus and gave them more infor-mation about the University.

Advisor of the MOCC Professor Christy Hetzel said parents loved the idea of the new tutoring center.

According to Hetzel, “‘Wow, how do they have the guts to do that?’ and ‘Wow, they have tutoring for this? You’re going here’,” were some of the remarks parents made on Sunday.

One aspect McQueen commented on when working the Social Work Club table was, “It would have been

“For those undecided, it’s a way to get all the information necessary

to make a decision on a major.”JEAN JUDGE

Associate Dean of the Center for Student Success

helpful to be provided with a fact sheet about Monmouth.” There were several questions students and parents had about the campus itself but she was unsure of the answers.

Vento Cifelli said last year’s Open House had a total of 1,400 prospective students.

Those in attendance were also able to watch the men’s soccer game on the Great Lawn, which began at 1:00 pm.

“It was nice to talk to people and help them make a decision. It helps to have a student say something and give advice instead of hearing it from a professor,” McQueen said.

“It is all really a great day to learn about students, academic offerings, tour our campus, and to learn more about student clubs and organiza-tions,” Vento Cifelli said.

University Welcomes 1,600 Prospective Students

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PHOTO COURTESY of Jim Reme

President Gaffney, introduced by Robert Mc Caig, welcomed stu-dents and mentioned the University’s ranking in “The Princeton Review,” the men’s soccer team, and upcoming and past events in the MAC.

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The Department of History and Anthropology and the Institute for Global Understanding co-spon-sored an event detailing the Seeds of Peace program on Wednesday, October 6.

Dan Ettinger, External Re-lations Manager for Seeds of Peace, spoke at the event. His presentation revolved around the Seeds of Peace camp program that has been steadily growing since 1993.

The goal of the camp is to em-power teens from war torn areas,

Seeds of Peace Representative Visits Universityand Explains Purpose to Students

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like Israel, Pakistan, India, Af-ghanistan, and the Balkans. It aims to help these teenagers see the human face of their enemies, and change the landscape of con-flict that is their home. In re-hu-manizing the conflicts these teens are familiar with, the Seeds of Peace program hopes to create a generational change through dia-logue, solid leadership skills, and an ever growing network of former Seeds.

The Seeds of Peace camp is lo-cated in Maine.

The governments of each coun-try involved pick the best and the brightest of their youth in a highly

competitive program; approxi-mately 350 youths are chosen to attend two sessions each lasting three weeks.

The counselors at the camp are chosen in November each year through an application process. Most are chosen based on their previous experience working with younger adults. The teens, or ‘Seeds,’ go through various team building activities with their coun-selors as guides, like having daily dialogue sessions which are orga-nized by regions of conflict.

Ettinger quoted one camper who made a big impact on his life when he said, “Before you can make peace with your en-emy, you must go to war with yourself.”

These teenagers tackle tough subjects in their dialogues, but the Seeds of Peace program helps them conquer taboos. The camp also runs Color Games near the end of the session; these are highly competitive games where the camp is arbitrarily divided into groups to compete against one another. The activi-ties include rope pull and Seeds of Peace Olympics. According to Ettinger, these Color Games bring the whole camp together.

“You don’t care if you’re kick-ing the ball to a Palestinian or to an Israeli, as long as they’re green too. We realize that these colors are just as arbitrary as the colors of our skin,” Ettinger said.

When the Seeds return home to their respective countries, they are met with programs that support their newfound look on life. Seeds of Peace runs adult education pro-grams which work with teachers so that the teens have a network of people who have influence to spread

peace with the kids back home.They also set up advanced dia-

logue groups, language courses, economic sustainability work-shops, public lecture series, and community service projects to help strengthen the communities the Seeds come from. There are parents programs, cross border workshops for education, model

schools, and other programs to help build support networks at home for the Seeds.

Former Seeds of Peace campers have used the lessons they learned at camp as a platform to build off of. They work in schools, occupa-tional therapy hospitals, as news anchors and editors, and as busi-ness leaders.

Seeds of Peace strives to bring peace to the community through changing the way they see the world; the program believes that political changes are quick, but cultural changes take time. The members of the Seeds of Peace strive to create a generational change through grass roots ef-forts and top down organization.

The Seeds of Peace organiza-tion is well-known; it has been endorsed by leaders such as Presi-dent Bill Clinton, Queen Noor of Jordan, Israeli President Shimon Peres, Palestinian President Mah-moud Abbas, and former United Nations Secretary General Kofi

Annan. It was featured in an article

in The New York Times which prompted Professor Susan Doug-lass to contact the program and get a speaker to come to the Universi-ty. She wanted to give her students “the opportunity to learn about an organization that has a unique ap-proach to planting seeds of peace

by bringing together teenagers from India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Balkans, as well as Israel and Palestine.”

Douglass also wants to try to start a Seeds of Peace club at the University next semester.

“This program is a ray of hope for a world that is in great turmoil today,” Douglass said.

Professor Noel Belinski also took a part in bringing the students to the event because she teaches a cluster course on Leadership with Douglass.

She noted that the Seeds of Peace program interested her be-cause of its optimistic nature that gives young people a chance to choose to work together to coexist instead of fight.

She said that seeing the success of the former Seeds as leaders in various fields shows that peaceful coexistence is possible, and that the Seeds of Peace program pro-vides a “positive message that is refreshing, and its idealism is good for our students to experience.”

PHOTO COURTESY of Lea Callahan

Dan Ettinger spoke to students about the Seeds of Peace Program.

“You don’t care if you’re kicking the ball to a Palestinian or to an Israeli,

as long as they’re green too.”DAN ETTINGER

External Relations Manager for Seeds of Peace

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devoted their time to was at the Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel.

Students helped make gift baskets for a fundraiser aimed at benefitting those with ALS.

At the Franklin Park Lake site, students went around the lake and cleaned up the leaves, shrubberies, and collected gar-bage to clean up the site.

Lastly, at the Severson Resi-dence in Highlands, New Jer-sey, students helped mow the lawn and weed the home of English professor Christine Se-verson because her husband is handicapped.

At each site there was a dif-ference that students could help make.

SGA Co-Chairs of The Big Event were Samantha Schaeffer and Samantha Tartas who made this event possible.

Samantha Schaeffer gave feedback about The Big Event.

“The event ran smoothly and we had great feedback from all the community work-sites. It is a great experience for University students to par ticipate in such a major community service event,” said Schaeffer happy with the day’s work.

By volunteer ing at this spe-cial event students may real-ize that giving back is essen-tial to help others in the world and may continue volunteer-ing at var ious other events as well.

The Big Event takes place annually by Monmouth Univer-sity.

PHOTOS COURTESY of Eliza Miller

Top Photo: Univeristy students participating in the Big Event pose for a picture together.

Bottom Photo: Third-year student Steven DeCarlo socializes with a resident of a retirement home.

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On Saturday, October 2, the Monmouth University Chapter of Phi Eta Sigma National Freshman Honor Society received Commendation of Excel-lence Award during the 40th National Convention and Leadership Work-shops held at Crown Plaza Hotel in Knoxville, Tennessee from October 1 to 3, 2010.

Monmouth University’s delegates included Bryan Martin, president; Matthew-Donald Sangster, vice president; Lori Mueller, secretary; Sonya Shah, treasurer; and Aziz Mama, historian. Professor Golam M. Mathbor, associate dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, has been an advisor to the Monmouth University chapter of Phi Eta Sigma since 2005. Professor Mathbor notes that credit for this prestigious award goes to officers of Phi Eta Sigma and its membership in general, and to Ms. Reenie Menditto and Ms. Erin Campbell-Hawk of the Honors School for their outstanding services organizing induction ceremonies and providing year round admin-istrative and support services for this society.

The Phi Eta Sigma is a national honor society that recognizes superior leadership and academic performance in the freshman year. The society was founded at the University of Illinois in 1923, and Monmouth University established the 272nd chapter in 1987. Governed by the motto “Knowledge is Power,” the society aims to motivate students to excel academically. To qualify for membership, students must have earned a 3.5 GPA or better in their first semester. Dr. Mathbor reports that the society inducted 163 new members from the class of 2013 into its chapter during the second annual spring induction ceremony of 2010. Once accepted, members are encour-aged to exhibit superior scholastic achievement, a noble and generous char-acter, a well-cared for body, and a vigorous and well-disciplined mind.

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Members of Phi Eta Sigma at the Fortieth National and Leadership Workshops.

Phi Eta Sigma Receives Award

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The Corporate and Public-Communication (CPC) program and the Department of Commu-nication, with the help of Carly McCoy, a graduate business student, held its second annual Alumni Gathering last Tuesday.

Dr. Stephanie Bennett was honored and recognized for her achievements.

“I’m honored and blessed,” Bennett said of her recognition at the gathering.

Bennett grad-uated from the CPC program in 2001 and went on to complete her Ph.D in 2006.

She worked as an Associ-ate Dean before becoming Asso-ciate Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Palm Beach Atlantic University in Florida.

“I don’t know why they chose me,” Bennett said, “i’m just hon-ored that they did.”

Dr. Don Swanson, a professor for graduate students who is cur-rently serving on the advisory board of the Corporate Commu-nication International, described Bennett’s honor as a recogni-tion of her having fulfilled her dreams and goals and for being an inspiration to the current stu-dents newly enrolled in the CPC program.

“She wanted to be a profes-sor,” Swanson said of Bennett’s completed goals.

Second Annual Alumni Gathering Honors Dr. Stephanie Bennett

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“I had an inkling in the early 90s that someday I’d maybe like to be a professor,” Bennett said, “but it was really a ‘far away’ dream.”

According to Sheila McAllis-ter-Spooner, the annual Alumni Gatherings were started last year as a means of providing students with results of what a graduate degree in CPC can of-fer.

The gatherings also allow alumni to talk about the field, job prospects, future predictions

within the field, and discussions about how everyone is going to keep up with the workforce and remain employed.

“[The gathering] gives new students a sense of future di-rection that they can consider,” McAllister-Spooner said.

Upon discovering that lit-tle was known about the CPC graduate program, McAllister-Spooner began the Alumni gath-erings as a way to raise the level of awareness as to what students can get out of the graduate de-gree that it offers.

“The best way to talk about a program, to promote it, to in-crease awareness of it is not to create brochures and f lyers, but

to communicate the success of former students,” McAllister-Spooner said.

“It’s important to share the stories of our alumni so that students have a better idea,” she said.

The event not only provides opportunities for current stu-dents, but also offers alumni re-sources and support.

“It provides [alumni] with a reconnection to our school, our jobs, careers, and social interaction,” said Lisa Kanda,

a gradu-ate from the class of 2005.

In addi-tion to offer-ing oppor-tunities and allowing re-connect ion, the Alumni g a t h e r i n g was meant

to celebrate the success and growth of the Corporate and Public Communication pro-gram.

“It’s creating a level of pride, increasing awareness about the program, and in-creasing the opportunities of what [students] could achieve by enrolling in the program through real stories,” McAllis-ter-Spooner said.

“One of the greatest joys of my life is watching students f lourish and seeing them become all they can be and seeing them reach their potential,” Bennett said.

“It is a worthy pursuit and the world will be rewarded with your contribution,” she said.

“I had an inkling in the early 90s that someday I’d maybe like to be a

professor, but it was really a ‘far away’ dream.”

DR. STEPHANIE BENNETTAssociate Professor of Communication and Media Studies

Professor Scott Promoted

Scott continued from pg. 1

cause is, Scott replied, “To sup-port students getting experiential education opportunities off cam-pus, maybe even a few on campus. I hope the career advisors and plan-ners for the departments under-stand what their responsibilities are to students in helping them think through their careers, internships, co-ops, and op-portunities for learning outside the University.”

Dr. Thomas Pearson, Pro-vost and Vice President of Academic Af-fairs, wanted an enthusiastic and involved faculty member as di-rector of experi-ential education.

Out of sev-eral candidates, Scott was at the head of the list.

As far as what pushed Scott to the top of the list, Pearson said that “Scott has a lot of experience with experiential education and ca-reer development in the Leon Hess Business School.”

“Scott has been an outstanding faculty member, teaches well, ex-presses himself clearly, has a great rapport with students, and came very highly recommended,” said Pearson.

“Moreover, he has interesting ideas on being more cost effective. I’d like him to bring experiential ed-ucation more connected in launch-ing careers. The ultimate criterion

will be if students feel successful in landing jobs,” added Pearson.

Dr. Sarsar agrees that Scott brings the proper qualities to the table.

“He’s worked beautifully with other people to create success for students. The success of students is most important,” said Sarsar.

Scott was also impressed by the strong support that the provost,

vice president, and deans have given to the ex-periential edu-cation effort.

When asked about intern-ships on cam-pus that get credit but not for experiential education, Scott replied, “Well, that’s something we’re actu-ally looking to change in part.”

“There are some intern-ships on campus that have been

approved as experiential educa-tion, but it’s very rare, and we have a policy for some faculty now that would make that a little more com-mon,” he said.

“My main job is to talk to all the career advisors and planners, the chairs of all the departments, as well as the dean; and to see what they think of the program, and get a general assessment as to what their opinion is as far as strengths and weaknesses of the program as it is now. Then maybe start think-ing about how to tighten things up,” said Scott.

“Scott has a lot of experience

with experiential education and career

development in the Leon Hess

Business School.”DR. THOMAS PEARSON

Provost and Vice President of Aca-demic Affairs

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Don’t Jump: Preventing the Next Clementi Tragedy

Imagine that you are a gay col-lege student living in today’s world where being gay is a highly contested issue. You fear being judged for your sexual orientation so you must carry out your love life secretly, behind the closed door of your residential hall. You breathe a sigh of relief, knowing that there is one place you can go to live the life that comes naturally to you, where you do not have to worry about the world judging you.

H o w e v e r , someone has placed a web-cam in your room without your knowing, and your entire encounter with a member of the same sex has been broadcasted on the Internet for everybody to see. Your secret is out; the life that you have worked so hard to keep pri-vate is now known by people to which you have never even spo-ken. Where do you go from here?

Unfortunately, this is not a hy-pothetical scenario. It is the ex-act situation that confronted Tyler Clementi, an 18-year-old freshman at Rutgers University on Septem-ber 21, 2010. Dharun Ravi, Clem-enti’s roommate, placed a webcam in his room and broadcasted a live feed of Clementi with another man over the Internet. Clementi, hu-miliated and exposed, then ended his own life by jumping off of the

George Washington Bridge.Maybe Clementi jumped be-

cause he feared his family would not accept him, or he thought his peers would abandon him, or he was frightened at the potential of facing abuse for his sexual ori-entation. Regardless of the par-ticular thought that led to Clem-enti’s decision to jump, his suicide serves to remind this country that we are faltering on the issue of gay rights.

Without question, the gay rights movement has gained important

ground since it began in the mid-dle of the 20th century.

However, according to the Col-lege Student Journal, there has been a 61 percent increase in the number of hate crimes against sexual orientation since 1992. Moreover, 57 percent of U.S. adults still disapprove of homo-sexuality, while 33 percent of col-lege students support laws making homosexuality illegal.

These numbers are reflective of intolerant attitudes which are un-acceptable in a country that guar-antees so many freedoms. Free-dom of sexual orientation should rank alongside our other presti-gious rights like those of voting and religion.

Oftentimes it seems that we re-ject that which we do not under-stand, which is why we need to es-tablish educational programs that can teach us about homosexuality, so that we may one day come to fully accept those we consider to be so different.

We need to educate students by requiring Human Sexual-ity courses on college campuses and we need to educate teachers through faculty meetings as to how to recognize homophobia so that they may quell such needless

fears.F u r t h e r -

more, we need reliable ad-m i n i s t r a t ive services in our schools who homosexuals can trust and to whom they

can turn when they feel the way that Clementi did while standing on the edge of the George Wash-ington Bridge.

School curriculums also need to stop ignoring the existence of ho-mosexuals and begin incorporat-ing works by gay authors and ref-erencing the achievements of gay figures in their respective fields.

Reforming our society to in-clude such measures will certainly take time, but we can begin on the right foot by accepting these sug-gestions as necessary.

Hopefully, these reforms will one day prevent the next Clementi tragedy as our society will offer gays more options than jumping from a bridge.

Hopefully, these reforms will one day prevent the next Clementi tragedy as our society will offer gays more

options than jumping from a bridge.

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Tweet Your Way to EmploymentSTEFANIE CALELLO

STAFF WRITER

Do you have a Facebook? Do you use Twitter? Do you have your own blog? If you said yes to any of those questions, you use social media. In our generation, we all use social media and it has quickly become an addictive type of media.

Many of us are on Facebook for hours a day or constantly checking up on it to see what is going on or what is new. Our generation is using social media as a way to connect and interact with others and a way to express feelings about whatever they choose. Social media is consid-ered to be an important part of a person’s life these days. There are people who need to make sure they check into Foursquare at every single location, update their statuses or tweet something at all times. Their day doesn’t seem complete unless they check all of their social media sites and make posts on each one of them.

Social media has become an important way for not only indi-viduals, but businesses as well, to interact with others. Business-es have found that social media could benefit their company in many ways. They are able to connect with different types of customers and interact with them on a more personal level. For example, some businesses use Twitter for customer service,

some use a blog as a way to pres-ent information about their in-dustry in an interesting way, and some use Facebook as a way to keep customers involved and up-to-date.

Social media is a new way for companies to interact with their loyal customers while gaining new ones too. I have been told that social media is important and it can benefit you when you are looking for a job. I never really thought about it until re-cently, when I began looking for

jobs. I have read job descriptions that mentioned that the applicant should know social media and how to use it efficiently.

I recently completed my sec-ond internship at Avis Budget

Group and when I first walked into the office of the Vice Presi-dent of Online Marketing for my interview, I noticed that my Face-book page was on his computer screen. He had done his research and Googled me and found my Facebook, Twitter page, and blog site. He asked me about each and

every one of them and how often I used them. While at my intern-ship, I worked in the Online Mar-keting department jump starting the social media department. I learned about the importance of

social media and how important it is for the job market. Almost all companies are using social media and are looking for indi-viduals who know how to use it. Not only did I use social media at Avis Budget Group, I used it at my first internship at the Visit-ing Nurse Association of Central

Jersey too. I was asked to create a Facebook page for this non-profit organization. If I was not familiar with Facebook, I would have never been able to complete that assignment given to me.

I believe that businesses are using social media to connect on a more personal level with their customers. On certain social me-dia sites such as Facebook and Twitter, the language is more relaxed and it is a way for com-panies to give themselves per-sonalities that are not so strict and professional. I have learned throughout my internships the importance of social media and how it can benefit you in the job market. Knowing how to use all social media outlets is impor-tant especially for those who are graduating soon. Businesses are looking for individuals who can use and maintain a social media site properly. I never thought that social media would be some-thing I needed to know for a job.

I chose to use Facebook, Twit-ter, and a blog for fun and as a way to connect with people I don’t see often. Never in a mil-lion years did I think knowing how to use social media would benefit me when I started look-ing for a job. My word of advice is to gain as much knowledge on social media as you can, since it has become a part of the way companies interact with their customers and promote their businesses.

What If You Were What You Ate?

PHOTO COURTESY of marketingcharts.com

This chart illustrates the popularity of certain social media outlets over others.

MELISSA ROSKOWSKIOPINION EDITOR

PHOTO COURTESY of treehugger.com

The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that 97 percent of pigs in the United States are raised in factory farms.

Remember the song “Old Mac-Donald Had a Farm”? Sure you do. He had a farm… there was a moo moo here and a moo moo there. Right? So, I venture to say that most Americans have known since they were children that animals live on farms. And yes it is true, animals do live on farms. How-ever, the picturesque farm life we have had imbedded in our brains is not necessarily the truth. In fact, it is not really the truth at all.

According to In Defense of Ani-mals, factory farming was started in the 1920s. Since then, with the introduction of growth hormones and antibiotics, factory farming has become “the norm” for raising animals for slaughter.

Not everyone fully understands what factory farming is, so let’s clear that up. Factory farming, simply put, is the combination of a farm and a factory setting and it was brought about to mass produce animals and their by-products. The idea behind it, essentially, is to con-fine animals to small spaces with-out sunlight or even room to move, which is cost and space effective, and to feed them hormones, which increases production. Animals regularly endure painful proce-dures to facilitate the slaughter process for factory workers; as if they are the ones being tortured. In Defense of Animals reports, these procedures include “beak searing, tail docking, ear cutting and cas-tration.” In these conditions, it is impossible for an animal to live the life we had all pictured as children.

Within the business of factory farming, veterinary care is more or less unheard of and animals are often sick and diseased. Needless to say, their living quarters are not properly attended to and animals are forced to live among feces from themselves and other animals. And it just so happens that salmo-nella, which we had an outbreak of this past July, lives in animal feces. Knowing this makes it significant-

ly easier to understand why salmo-nella continues to be a problem.

However, salmonella is not the only way humans are negatively impacted by factory farming and animal consumption. Humans who eat animal products should realize exactly what they are consum-ing. Animals are pumped full of hormones and antibiotics, to maxi-mize their growth and fight the infections factory farming condi-tions would normally cause. Con-sequently, these things don’t magi-cally disappear when an animal

is slaughtered – they wind up on your plate. As if that’s not enough, many doctors have begun to look to the antibiotics used in livestock to explain humans’ growing resis-tance to antibiotic drugs given for illness. Apparently you can have too much of a good thing. Keepan-tibioticsworking.com, said, “Meat producers use an estimated 70 percent of all U.S. antibiotics and related drugs nontherapeutically.”

“Nontherapeutically” means they are given on a regular basis, not to fight illnesses. This issue is being carefully considered because re-searchers fear there could eventu-ally be a disease that can’t be cured by any types of antibiotics.

Other health concerns caused by eating meat are alarming as well. According to the Centers for Dis-ease Control and Prevention, heart disease is the number one cause of death in the United States. Heart disease risk is greatly affected by diets high in saturated fat and cho-

lesterol, both of which are found almost exclusively in animal prod-ucts. Vegetarian diets are lower in both saturated fat and cholesterol. Vegan diets, according to the Phy-sicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, include no cholesterol and even less saturated fat than a vegetarian diet. Both diets have been proven to reduce the risk of many diseases. The American Heart Association said, “Many

studies have shown that vegetar-ians seem to have a lower risk of obesity, coronary heart disease (which causes heart attack), high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus and some forms of cancer.”

Environmentalists should also be aware of the damage factory farming causes our environment. According to Environmental De-fense Fund, “If every American skipped one meal of chicken per week and substituted vegetables and grains, for example, the carbon dioxide savings would be the same

as taking more than half a million cars off of U.S. roads.” You may not see the connection between farming animals and carbon diox-ide, at first. Think about it though, farming uses resources because it is a business. And a big business at that. Environmental Defense Fund points out that the business of farming animals “requires burning fossil fuels to make fertilizer, run tractors and process and transport

food.” All of these things require energy and fuel.

In addition to those problems, the amount of resources used just to feed all the animals we have decided we need to slaughter is as-tonishing. The amount of grain it takes to feed animals is substantial-ly higher than the amount of meat, dairy, and eggs the animals can produce. It would be much more efficient if people were able to eat the grain wasted on feeding ani-mals for our consumption. GoVeg.com said, “The world’s cattle alone consume a quantity of food equal to the caloric needs of 8.7 billion people—more than the entire hu-man population on Earth. About 20 percent of the world’s population, or 1.4 billion people, could be fed with the grain and soybeans fed to U.S. cattle alone.” That really puts the amount of resources we waste into perspective. If we used grain to feed people, instead of factory farmed animals, we could put a se-rious dent in the hunger crisis.

It’s not to say that every person, or any person, should read this and decide to stop eating meat; that’s not what this is about. My honest opinion though, is that everyone should be aware of what is going on within the factory farming busi-ness. It is an area of business that directly affects everything around us, so the least we can do is make sure we have educated ourselves.

This is absolutely a case where ignorance is not bliss. I personally held that ideal for a while; every-one knows vegetarianism exists and everyone knows that animals are killed. Not everyone knows the way eating meat affects our health, the animals, and the environment or that your food choices can great-ly affect all three. Again, the idea here is awareness, not pushing veg-etarianism on people. Everyone has a right to their own choices, but I have never understood how people can make choices without knowing all the facts. I believe that in this, and any other case, if we want to make the best choices for ourselves, we need to be informed.

October 13, 2010Politics8 The Outlook

Little Government is Good Government

Young Auditorium was filled with constituents wearing “Fire Pelosi” buttons as Anna Little, New Jersey’s District 6 Republi-can nominee for Congress, dis-cussed her positions on issues important to students and faculty last Wednesday. The University’s Republican Club was responsible for putting the event together.

Little began her speech by explaining the flaws of the 6th District’s current rep-r e s e n t a t i v e , Cong re ssma n Frank Pallone. She said Pal-lone is a “po-litical crony,” and has been in Washington for too long, a to-tal of 22 years. Little said it is her time to step up to the plate because Pal-lone is unaware of what it’s like to work in the state of New Jersey.

“…We need you [students] to look at this election seriously and hold Pallone accountable for the state’s deficit,” Little said. “You’re in charge. It’s your country.”

Getting involved in government was Little’s decision after she an-alyzed how disconnected council members are with the way gov-ernment operates. She described how she understood how budgets work, explaining that in order to lower a budget at the local level, all line items must be thoroughly examined. Also, she explained in order to create more jobs during the fiscal crisis, businesses must grow and expand.

Little illuminated her personal values by discussing an encoun-ter she had during the 2006 Free-holder election.

While Republicans voted for an issue together, Little casted her vote against Republicans, and sided with the citizens of Monmouth County. She promises her focus will be centered around the people who live and work in the district she represents, not just the people who vote for her.

If elected Congresswoman, Little will be commuting to Washing-ton D.C. so her son and daughters would not have to transfer to dif-ferent schools.

“…This election is not about me. It’s about you and your chil-dren,” Little said.

Among the issues, Little dis-cussed repealing President Obama’s health care reform bill is on the top of her agenda. She advocates for small government and a health care system that isn’t dictated to citizens by the govern-ment. Americans have a right to choose their own health insur-ance and medical providers

She described how Pallone had responded, “I know what’s best for you,” instead of listening to his constituents when the major-ity of the people sitting in a town hall meeting told him to vote against the health care reform bill. Pallone was a main compo-nent in drafting the legislation.

“I can’t stand for that,” Little said.

With regards to fiscal concerns, Little explained that if she was

elected, she would fight the expi-ration of former President George W. Bush’s tax cuts, cut an addi-tional 10 to 15 percent off of in-come, corporate, capital gains, and employer taxes, as part of a two to five year tax reform plan. Little also approves of a short term Fair Tax, which permits thrift to reduce tax payments, thereby encouraging success. Un-der the Fair Tax, the IRS’s power would be reduced because no individual returns are required. “I’m frustrated just like you are,” Little said, “We’ll change things together.”

The candidate supports the

Arizona Immigration Act and guaranteed as soon as the state government enforces it com-pletely, illegal immigration will be stopped. Little is in favor of building a wall along the Amer-ican-Mexican border, explain-ing that if the entry-way was narrowed, criminals will have one less way to cross over to the United States illegally. Pertaining to to racial profiling, Little said that profiling has always been a

problem and is not specific to the Arizona Law. She said, “Arizona has the responsibility to protect citizens from illegal Mexican im-migrants who may be dangerous criminals.”

Little reassured her audience that oil rigs would not be put on the Jersey shore but does not want America to be dependent on for-eign oil any longer. She said, “We don’t want ourselves to be put into a position where a rug can be pulled out from under us.” Little then described herself as being pro-environment.

Fred Strahl, a junior student said, “It’s important for students

SANDRA MEOLAPOLITICS EDITOR

to vote in this election because our generation is going to be the one who has to pick up the mess of problems that were left behind by the past. Anna Little knows what it’s like to raise kids in New Jersey and deal with the problems here just like everyone else.”

Little is currently leading a grassroots campaign. Her slogan is cleverly named, “Little Gov-ernment is Good Government.” On October 6 alone her campaign

group knocked on a total of 50,000 doors and distrib-uted literature, e n c o u r a g i n g M o n m o u t h County resi-dents to vote. She will be sending out mailers, and b roa dca s t i ng television and radio com-mercials in the near future.

She has re-ceived en-d o r s e m e n t s from the Jersey Shore Tea Par-ty Patriots, the North New Jer-sey Tea Party

Group, Mitt Romney, Newt Gin-grich, Mayor Steven Lonegan, NJ Right to Life, and Senator Sean Kean, among many.

Little currently serves as May-or of the Borough of Highlands, New Jersey. Little served as a Monmouth County Freeholder from 2006 through 2008.

Little obtained her law degree from Seton Hall University and soon after began pursuing her law and political career.

The midterm elections will be held on Tuesday November 2. The Republican Club urges all students to get out and vote. No excuses.

The R Word and Political Correctness

PHOTO COURTESY of Sandra Meola

Members of the Republican Club had the opportunity to talk and ask Anna Little (center) questions last Wednesday. Little is the Congressio-nal candidate for New Jersey’s Sixth District.

Language is very powerful. Written or spoken, it has power and influence over a person’s way of thinking and interacting be-tween fellow citizens.

The saying, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me,” is simply not true.

The way people use vocabulary and specific words to character-ize people who learn differently, look differently, and move in a non-typical way, can severely impact one ’s self worth and put them in stereotypical situations. People and society must realize that a person with disabilities has a lot to offer to society.

However, if we do not stop us-ing inaccurate descriptors, such as disabled, this will continue to feed stereotypes and keep per-sons with disabilities out of the workplace and communities. There are various campaigns in affect to stop the practice of these words and inaccurate descriptors.

The basis of these campaigns is not about political correctness whatsoever, but to portray people accurately.

Person first language is when people with disabilities are men-tioned before their disability in written or spoken language. Some examples can be:

People with disabilities, rather than handicapped people, “I am a person with disabilities”, in-stead of “I am disabled.” “He is a boy with autism,” rather

than “he is autistic.” “She uses a wheelchair,” instead of “she is wheelchair bound.” “The parking spot is accessible” rather than “a handicapped parking spot.” Just by changing the way a person is described can change the atti-tudes toward him or her, and us-ing widely acceptable terms can make society view others as more positive and productive members of society.

By using the word disabled, it refers to something as being bro-ken.

When traffic reporters say that there is a broken down car on the highway, you would assume of a flat tire or some other mechanical problem with the car.

People with disabilities are not broken. They may just need to do things a little differently or may need to utilize extra equipment to assist them in their daily lives.

The R-word campaign is a no-tion being set forth by politicians such as Sarah Palin to combat the derogatory use of the word, re-tarded.

The campaign has two major components to it.

First, it aims to strike the word retarded from all state statutes and literature dealing with people with intellectual disabilities.

The R-word is extremely hurt-ful to people with disabilities, because it is very inaccurate and it portrays people who are diag-nosed with intellectual disabili-ties as slow moving and thinking, and as if they cannot learn.

This campaign has made great progress. For example, the Amer-

ican Psychological Association removed the word from their di-agnostic handbook and replaced it with intellectual disabilities.

Therefore, it is no longer a medical condition or term of di-agnosis.

This summer the R-word bill passed with unanimous support in New Jersey.

Within the federal level the bill is known as Rosa’s Law which re-cently passed both houses.

The law is named after Rosa Marcellino, an eight year old from Maryland who is currently battling Down syndrome.

A ceremony was held in her honor at the White House on Fri-day. President Obama referred to her as “inspiring.”

Rosa’s Law will replace the terms “mental retardation” and “mentally retarded” with “intel-lectual disability” and “individu-al with an intellectual disability” within federal health, education and labor documents and policies.

With this recognition soci-ety has acknowledged this word isn’t acceptable when speaking or writing about a person with dis-abilities and hopefully now with the R-word out of legislation and doctors offices, the general pub-lic will start to fade out the word which is very hurtful and inac-curate.

I would encourage all to stop using the R-word and start using people first language and when you hear the R-word being used to speak up and say, “That’s not acceptable, please stop using that word.”

CHRISTOPHER MILLERCONTRIBUTING WRITER

PHOTO COURTESY of hometownannapolis.com

Congressman Bob Costa and Rosa Marcellino posed together at the hearing for Rosa’s Law in the Maryland General Assembly before it had impact on federal stature.

PHOTO COURTESY of uweekly.com

The R-word campaign has made tremendous progress thus far after organized rallies have been scheduled.

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“COMING OFF THE DL”Two Monmouth alumni bring you a 25-minute documentary about

students who are changing the way people see ability.

Tuesday, October 19th at 7:30 pm

Multipurpose Activity Center (MAC)

Greg Hannah ’04, Sean McCarthy ‘75 ‘80and the stars, Nick Gaynor and Frank Kineavy, will all be in attendance for this

private showing of Coming Off the DL. Come help support the Monmouth community by attending. Many of the Hawks will be there.

Sponsored by the Disability Awareness Month Planning Committee

For further information or accommodations, please call 732-263-5755.

Young People Making a Run for it

Young people hate politics. They generally do not like the squabbling and malicious in-tent that takes place as they f lip through television channels and glance at news headlines. People my age would much rather go to a party, have a few drinks at a bar, or watch a football game. I don’t see anything wrong with that, but what happens after the fun stuff is all said and done? Do they continue to do the same thing the next day?

If young people really want to make a difference there is no higher calling than a politi-cal life. My generation gener-ally does not have much respect for politicians. Most see them as corrupt and in government for themselves. I couldn’t agree more, for the most part. Young people would much rather work in the private sector and make tons of money, and there’s noth-ing wrong with that either. The American dream is to be an en-trepreneur and sustain a steady income in order to support one-self and a family, and we should all strive for that. But as for me, I have no interest in a nice, com-fortable quiet life. I would be honored to serve the public in political office and the military.

If young people do not join politics than older people will, who may not be as connected to the issues that we’ll be affected by after they’re gone? If this hap-pens our voice will not be heard. Who could possibly be okay with that? Not me. I also suggest that young people start reading news-papers and watch news programs to know what’s going on outside their campus or town.

Let me ask you, would a 60-year-old or 20-year-old care more about what happens in

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the future of the country? The younger guy, right? That is why I am encouraging young people to run for political office. We are the future. We own the future.

Senator Frank Lautenberg (NJ), for example, is 86-years-old. To put the issue in perspec-tive, I am 20 years old right now. The minimum age to run for a seat in the New Jersey Assem-bly is 21. I will be 21-years-old in March, and the next Assem-bly elections are in fall 2011. If I made a run for a seat in the Assembly would that make the point I’m trying to convey? Maybe I’ll give it a shot. Even if I lost, I would be happy that I made a go for it.

Perhaps there should be terms limits for all political offices at every government level, includ-ing Congress, State Legislatures, and local councils. This would help to start weed out corrup-tion. Politicians would want to leave a clean record if they only have two terms available to them in the Assembly, for example. Maybe not, I could just be naïve.

As President Theodore Roo-sevelt put it, “It’s not the critic who counts. The credit belongs to the man who’s actually in the arena. If he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly”.

We should all live by these words and strive to be the best we can be, especially at our age where so many opportuni-ties are available to us. Lack of confidence or knowledge about politics can hold some back from pursuing some opportunities. We all have to come into terms with reality and paint a picture of where we would like to see each other, five, ten, twenty years from now. If the picture looks good, the means of getting there are not unobtainable. . So if your dream is to run for political office, let nothing hold you back.

Tea Partiers: True Conservatives?

When the “Tea Party” move-ment first mobilized during Ron Paul’s 2008 presidential bid, it showed great potential as a vehicle to propel traditionally overlooked libertarian-leaning candidates to prominence. It seemed like a last line of defense against indepen-dent minded Republicans against the neo-conservatives who had hi-jacked control of their party. While I was not involved, I could certainly understand and respect anyone who supported Ron Paul’s campaign, and thus wished the Tea Partiers success.

When the movement first went “mainstream” in 2009, I attended an event in Tom’s River. At the time I was a supporter of indepen-dent gubernatorial candidate Chris Daggett, whose platform reflected my principles of fiscal conserva-tism and social openness. I expect-ed to meet similar minded people, individuals cast from the mold of late Senator Barry Goldwater or Congressman John B. Anderson, and while there were certainly many libertarian minded voters present, I immediately recognized the danger of a takeover by far-right extremists.

My worries proved founded, as a scant year later the “Tea Party” movement has been hijacked by the very neo-conservatives it ini-tially formed to oppose; it has de-generated into a wholly partisan vehicle. One must recognize that despite their claims, the majority of Tea Party activists (including self-appointed spokes-people like Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin) are not conservatives, but rather, neo-conservatives.

While the average American is unfamiliar with the difference, the variation between these two ideolo-gies is striking.

True American conservatism would most likely be accurately represented by late Senator Barry Goldwater, whose acclaimed book,

“The Conscience of a Conserva-tive,” is often touted as the bible of American conservatism. Unfortu-nately, the majority of Tea Partiers would likely abhor Goldwater’s policies: he truly supported smaller federal government and honestly believed that the United States had no business interfering with an in-dividual’s liberty.

Goldwater often warned that someday conservatives of his like-ness would be condemned as “lib-erals.” His words were prophetic. Today, Goldwater would be com-pletely out of line with the GOP. For example, he felt that the gov-ernment had no authority to tell homosexuals they couldn’t serve in the military, or rob women of their ability to have an abortion. In Goldwater’s eyes, any government powerful enough to try and dictate your “morality” had surpassed its boundaries.

In his later years, Goldwater be-came a pariah in the Republican establishment, largely because he despised the Religious Right and the “moral majority,” claiming that they “scared the hell” out of him. He frequently warned of the dan-ger these movements posed to the Republican Party and America as a whole.

Goldwater refused to pander to the Christian coalition, which he felt was trying to blur the lines that separate church and state. He answered only to the Constitution, and dedicated the entirety of his ca-reer to preserving its influence over the American political landscape. Perhaps the only thing Goldwater abhorred more than Jerry Falwell was racism: his Phoenix-based de-partment store was the first in the city to hire black sales clerks, and he dismissed the idea that African Americans were somehow inferior soldiers, and worked towards de-segregating the Arizona National Guard.

Goldwater, who during a 1988 appearance on Crossfire stated he felt America was ready for a black president, would be appalled by the

racist tactics that many Tea Partiers use to bash President Obama. While he would likely have disagreed with the president’s policies, Goldwater (and those who adhere to conser-vative principles) would recognize that racism is inherently opposed to true conservatism.

All of these seemingly “pro-gressive” stances would put Gold-water conservatism at odds with the Tea Party movement. While the Tea Parties claim they want smaller government, the majority of them don’t mind when the Fed-eral Government expands, as long as it suits their goals. While they scream about Obamacare invading their privacy, how many of these so-called conservatives support the Patriot Act, which expanded gov-ernment surveillance power far be-yond what it was ever meant to en-compass? And how many support stringently pro-life platforms which would expand the power of the cen-tral government into the wombs of women?

The Tea Party movement has also become a stomping ground for far right fringe leaders. White nationalist David Duke, who spent the majority of his time in the Loui-siana legislature proposing actions to expand the government’s control of welfare recipients, is so inspired by the Tea Partiers that he is cur-rently mulling another presidential bid! Meanwhile, fascist PAC leader Lyndon LaRouche’s “Obama-as-Hitler” propaganda has flooded Tea Party rallies!

The Tea Party movement is a wolf in sheep’s clothing, proponents of oppressive big government mas-querading as conservatives. It is important to recognize the dangers of advancing big government, even when it is cloaked under the guise of “conservative principles.” Tea Party hardliners will likely scoff at my concerns, but if you are a truly independent minded voter, who is actually concerned about reducing the size of the federal government, then my concerns will likely strike a chord in your conscience.

DENNIS MIKOLAYCONTRIBUTING WRITER

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A Student’s Culinary Trip Through OktoberfestJACLYN GUYER

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

PHOTO COURTESY of Jaclyn Guyer

Rathaus Glockenspiel at Marienplatz City Center in Munich.

and you quickly learn that not ev-eryone is comfortable with experi-encing foreign cuisines.

I persuaded my friends that a traditional German feast was abso-lutely essential during our first night in Munich.

My tasty descriptions of the food yet to come got their mouths water-ing in no time. Not to mention we enjoyed our first Hofbrau Original Stein, which got just about everyone in the mood to feast.

The goal of dinner was for ev-eryone to order something different on the menu. This ended up being mostly variations of Bavarian sau-sages, which were made with fresh pork, veal, and spices.

Some of our selections included traditional German Bockwurst, served simply with mustard, a bed of sauerkraut, and a side breadbas-ket. The mustard was sweet with a subtle bite, the sauerkraut was per-fectly tangy, and the fresh bread was the perfect compliment to the dish.

I also sampled two Regensburg sausages served on a bed of sauer-kraut, and authentic German potato salad. The Regensburg sausage was much thicker than the Bockwurst, and arguably the most robust por-tion of meat I have ever had.

A traditional German folk band, tables filled with men in genuine leather breeches known as ‘leder-hosen’, women dancing in their beautiful dresses known as ‘dirndl’, and the clanking of steins in cheers was the essence of German culture in one place. It was comforting to

know the weekend would be, at heart, a celebration of life.

It was now time for the highly anticipated Oktoberfest. Caution, this is not your average festival. Be prepared to practice your German folk songs, consume huge portions of authentic German beer, and dine on delicious time-honored cuisine.

Make sure to wear comfortable shoes, as you will likely end up dancing throughout the day with energetic Germans, young and old.

Food can be purchased inside and outside the tents, and there is some-thing to satisfy every possible crav-ing. First on my list was to order a half chicken grilled on a spit served with potato dumplings.

The chicken was moist and flavor-ful, and the dumplings were creamy and rich. It was impossible to finish the dish on my own, but my friends were happy to indulge alongside.

Throughout the course of the weekend, I had the pleasure of eat-ing bona fide frankfurter hot dogs on fresh rolls, and Bavarian weib-wurste with sweet mustard and sau-erkraut, just to name a few dishes.

For dinner another night I decid-ed to stray away from the sausage, and chose a portion of roasted pork with vegetables and dumplings. The best description of all the meat and veggies I consumed over the week-end is simple: flavor. Lots of flavor with simple accents, and most im-portantly fresh ingredients; all are conveniently complimentary to the various German brews.

As far as the festival sweets, there

were, to name a few: pastries, dump-lings, apple strudel, chocolate cov-ered fruits, cotton candy, and can-died nuts. Need I say more?

There was not one bit of dessert I tasted that was not flawlessly sweet and satisfying. A German friend rec-ommended Dampfnudel, a steamed honey dumpling with vanilla sauce, for dessert. It was the perfect saccha-rine and creamy ending to a long day of savory eating.

Besides the glorious weekend of feasting, Munich was a beautiful and special city to visit. The charisma of the locals made it a pleasant atmo-sphere, and it was easy to quickly

adjust to the culture. I admire the Germans for their

sheer appreciation of life, and their desire to celebrate it with family, friends, and others they meet from around the world.

When I arrived back in the UK, it was like coming home. I no longer experience culture shock here, and I’d like to consider myself a ‘local’ of the area in which our lovely uni-versity is situated. Next weekend, I am visiting Amsterdam and look forward to immersing myself into an entirely differently culture and cui-sine once again. As the Germans say before each drink, prost!

Just when London became a fa-miliar and comfortable environ-ment, I packed my backpack and headed to Munich, Germany to celebrate Oktoberfest - a festival of music, food, attractions, and most importantly, the infamous biergar-tens.

After a grueling 6:00 am flight, I reached the land of beer enthusi-asts and sausage connoisseurs along with some fellow student travelers, and an empty tummy. First place on our list to find: Hofbrauhaus Munchen.

Navigating through Munich proved easier than I imagined, even though there are very few, if any, signs in English. Luckily for a pock-et dictionary, and the confidence to approach locals with struggled Dutch phrases, we mastered the train schedules and soon found our-selves at the beautiful city center of Marienplatz.

Marienplatz was filled with tour-ists from around the world, breath-taking historical buildings, and most to my liking, a supreme selection of hearty German fare. Before tasting the street treats, I saved my appetite for the Hofbrauhaus. We stumbled upon a free walking tour departing right from Marienplatz, and it just so happened to bring us directly to the Hofbrauhaus. Perfect! Time for our first German feast.

Traveling with a group of people is always an interesting experience,

Squeezing fall life out of sum-mer fashions has never been easier. This fall’s looks are about layers and accessories, which mean even those tissue-weight T’s and tank dresses you wore in the hottest months can have a place.

Here are 10 ways to ease the transition.

1. Think tights and leggings. A thicker pair of shorts paired with opaque tights and a blouse is a great fall look, says Elise Loehnen, editor at large for Lucky Magazine. You can win-terize any dress with tights and a cardigan. Add a pair of cute short boots, which are hot this fall, and you’re on top of the trend.

2. Layer under as well as over. “People never think to layer things under dresses, but if you have a sheath dress, you can lay-er it above a white button-down blouse. Or put a sundress over a T-shirt,” Loehnen says.

3. Whenever possible, belt it. Belts are great ways to give shape to an outfit with layers. If you’re layering a cardigan over a dress, for example, a belt will go a long way toward defining your waist and giving your body some shape. “When you’re wear-ing lots of layers, you can drown yourself in fabric and look frumpy,” Loehnen says.

4. Add animal prints. Even tossing on a lightweight animal-print scarf over a dark-colored summer dress and heavier shoes can make a great fall look. Or wear animal print shoes. “Try to bring in something a little more cool-weather looking, so even if it isn’t a heavy weight, it has a heavy visual (look) to it,” says Susu Bear, who writes the www.scoopcharlotte.com fashion and shopping website.

5. Cardigans go great over most any summer dress, or, for an edgier look, add a jean jacket or a leather jacket, says Liz Johnson, owner of Revolver Consignment Boutique in Raleigh. “We just did a fall photo shoot where we used a maxi dress and threw a long cardigan sweater over it, with black boots and a scarf.” Chunky sweaters are also a good option.

6. Embrace the vest. Put a vest on over a shirt tucked out, with a pair of leggings, and you’ve got a fall look that’s perfect for a day that’s not cool enough for a sweater, Bear says.

7. Go for the chunkier shoe. A heavier shoe, we’re not talking strictly boots, either, helps take a summer look into fall. “It’s all a matter of balance,” Bear says. “If you’re going with a lightweight dress, you need a chunkier shoe.”

8. If you’re going to add one piece to your early fall wardrobe, make it an olive green military style shirt, says Loehnen. “Ol-ive is a great cool neutral color that mixes well with others, and it’s a little more unexpected than brown. You can layer it over a T-shirt or tank top, wear it as a proper shirt or wear it as a blaz-er.”

9. Don’t worry about rules, but do think about coverage. Save the beach looks for next summer. When it comes to fall dressing, “something needs to be covered, whether it’s shoulders or legs,” Loehnen says.

10. Let the accessories do the work. You’ll be surprised how a heavy necklace and the right shoes can bring a sleeveless shirt and pencil skirt into fall. John-son says she’s been buying cli-ents’ chunky cashmere and pash-mina scarves. Wrap one around the neck, and you have more coverage. And when cool morn-ing gives way to blazing fall af-ternoon? Unwrap.

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AnnouncementsOctober 13, 2010 The Outlook 11

Career Services presents:

Humanities & Social Sciences Career Day

Thursday, October 21st, 12:30-4:00pm The Versailles and Pompeii Rooms, Wilson Hall

This event is especially for those in the McMurray School of Humanities and Social

Sciences; all other interested students welcome to attend. Meet with employers looking to hire interns and full-time professionals Bring plenty of resumes Be prepared to have “mini interviews” with employers Dress for success

Some participating employers include:

CONTACT of Ocean/Monmouth Endeavor House, Inc. Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore McCarter Theatre NJ 101.5 Radio NJ State Police Peace Corps Preferred Behavioral Health of NJ Professionals for Non-Profit SERV Behavioral Health System, Social Security Administration Supreme Consultants The ARC of Monmouth County The Boys & Girls Club/Monmouth Cty. The Creative Group United States Marine Corps

Check our website for employer i and event updates:

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NICOLE MASSABROOKCONTRIBUTING WRITER

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The mandocello (left) and tenor guitar (right), were two of several instruments used by Irish folk artist Sean Tyrell in his October 7 performance.

I thought I wasn’t a fan of Irish folk songs. I’m not sure why I thought that. I think I was associating the mu-sic with river dancing or leprechauns or something equally ridiculous.

On Thursday, October 7, Sean Tyrrell performed his Irish folk songs at Woods Theatre. There were no leprechauns or river danc-ing, just a really talented Irish man and his instruments.

Tyrrell used his mandocello (a plucked string instrument of the mandolin family) and tenor guitar to sing poems by Irish writers that he developed into songs. For his one man show, titled “Who Killed James Joyce?” he chose poems about love, war and life. That doesn’t mean

that all the songs were depressing, though. Some, including a poem by Mary O’Malley called “Hormones,” made the audience chuckle.

While the words were not his own, Tyrrell sang with such emo-tion that one might swear he must have written them on his own. His raw voice with his guitar was somewhat reminiscent of Bob Dylan. His sound was his own though. He did a cover of a Bing Crosby song that sounded nothing like Bing Crosby. He did not imi-tate the famed singer, but instead took the song and made it his own.

In between songs, Tyrrell told bits of his personal history as well as Irish history. While nearly two hours was quite honestly a bit lon-ger than necessary for the show, he managed to hold the audience’s in-terest with this (even though he was at times a challenge to understand

with his heavy Irish accent). With a history in music dating

back to at least the 1970s, Tyrrell had many stories to tell, each relat-ing to a poem he choose to sing. It was almost like having a personal conversation with Tyrrell. He even let the audience choose the penulti-mate song. When asked if we want-ed to hear a song about someone of the wrong shape, wrong species or wrong side of town, the audience decided to hear a clever little song about the wrong species. Tyrrell ended the show with a song dedi-cated to a friend who died.

Even though the songs did start to sound the same after a while, it is undeniable that Tyrrell’s talents do not end with singing but extended to playing instruments as well. The way his hands moved along the

guitar and mandocello so effort-lessly demonstrated Tyrrell’s obvi-ous expertise.

Originally from Galaway, Ire-land, the singer’s first album in 1994 was voted Best Folk Album of the Year by magazines such as Hotpress and Folk Roots. His next three albums were met with the same sort of praise.

Tyrrell’s fifth album, “The Walk-er of the Snow,” will be released in February 2011. This time, however, Tyrrell has not recorded it with a label telling him what to do. He decided to start his own label to make his music the way he wanted it. Longwalk Music was founded by Tyrrell after being disappointed with Hannibal/Rykodisk, the origi-nal label he belonged to.

You can find Sean Tyrrell’s mu-sic on iTunes, Amazon and sean-tyrrell.com.

Irish Folk Singer Sean Tyrrell

Entertains Guests at Woods Theatre

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After heavy-handed films like “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” it’s nice to see something relaxing and just as fulfilling. Director Randall Wallace (“We Were Soldiers”) does this with the story of a woman and a horse who achieved the Triple Crown in the film “Secretariat.”

Wallace does an admirable job of bringing this real-life tale to the big screen with writer Mike Rich. The film is based on Wil-liam Nack’s book, “Secretariat: The Making of a Champion.”

The movie might be about the horse’s owner, but Wallace dis-plays the majestic nature of this animal, named Secretariat, by conveying that he isn’t like other horses. The director also dis-plays the celebrity status of the horse when he comes out of his stall and poses for photographers.

However, Wallace really stands out with the racing scenes. With cinematographer Dean Sem-ler and strong editing by John Wright, Wallace captures the excitement and thrills of watch-ing horses race as well as get-ting a sense of how the jockey feels. It is easy to get caught up in the thrill of the races and ac-tually cheer for Secretariat (who a fellow moviegoer did clap for) with uplifting music. When Sec-retariat’s jockey, Ron Turcotte (Otto Thorwarth), tells him to go faster, it looks as if the horse is saying “I know, I know.” Wallace makes these horses feel more like athletes than creatures.

“Secretariat” begins in 1969 at the home of Penny Chenery (Diane Lane), a busy housewife in Denver Colorado. When she learns of her mother’s death, her family travels to Dosell, Virginia where they meet her brother, Hol-lis Chenery (Dylan Baker) and her father (Scott Glenn) for the funeral. Afterward, Penny and Hollis argue about their father’s horse farm as Hollis wants to sell it but Penny doesn’t. Her family heads home, but Penny stays on the farm to figure things out.

Mr. Chenery’s sectary, Ms. Hamm (Margo Martindale) tells Penny about the problems her father has been having when he attempted to sell two horses for less than their worth. After con-fronting an arrogant horse train-er, Penny decides to help out her father when she learned he made a deal for the offspring of one of two horses based on a coin toss. Looking for help, Penny is told by a family friend, Bull Hancock (Fred Dalton Thompson) to talk to Lucien Laurin (John Malkov-ich), a well-regarded albeit hot-headed French Canadian horse trainer, who does not agree to help her out right away.

At the coin toss, Penny faces Ogden Phipps (a relaxed but au-thoritative James Cromwell), who wins the favorite stallion. How-ever, Penny feels she actually won the better horse.

Eventually, the stallion is born and has an air that it is different than other horses. Soon, the stal-lion known as Big Red (and later Secretariat) displays his impres-sive skills but also fights an uphill battle.

While a rift grows in her fam-ily, Penny, along with Ms. Hamm, Lucien, and the horse caretaker,

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Eddie Sweat (Nelsan Ellis), are determined not to step down to adversity and encourage Secre-tariat to win the Triple Crown.

Lane is wonderful as this moti-vated and inspired woman. While the role calls for her to be a house-wife, it’s when she’s a working woman where she excels. Lane embodies this lady’s strong will and spirit to defy the odds when people said she couldn’t. Lane makes Penny a smart woman full of female empowerment in an age before the women’s revolution came into effect. One instance comes early in the film when a horse trainer on Penny’s father’s farm says Penny doesn’t know the first thing when it comes to horse training. Lane quickly reacts to

set up the character for the rest of the film as someone who will step up to the plate when others say she can’t, firing the man in the process.

Lane understands this horse and her character share the same winning spirit, which she does well by staring at the horse as if it can hear her thoughts, connect-ing them on a deeper level. This helps make the movie one part Disney drama, one part “Seabis-cuit,” and one part “The Horse Whisper.” This role feels like an embodiment of inspiration, which Lane performs well.

Malkovich is hilarious and fas-cinating as Lucien. He presents a strong attitude to win and he

deals with the punches of defeat as much as Lane and the horse. Malkovich puts a lot into this trainer to make him fiercely de-

termined to get this horse into shape as well as open up to the fellow characters.

Meanwhile, Malkovich struts a colorful wardrobe, ranging from a pink shirt with multi-colored shorts to a number of bold hats that would rival the “Cat in the Hat.” However, it is all in good fun and this strong actor is able to show Lucien’s defiance by standing apart from the crowd. Malkovich’s humor garners the most laughs. He plays this guy as wacky but smart. He does some physical gags, like throwing his golf clubs in the trash after a dull practice, yet most of his comedic moments come from his jokes.

Being that his character is French-Canadian, Malkovich does a great job of sporadically breaking out into French. He makes this fluent instead of mis-placed by helping to add more to the character’s frustrations, such as when he talks to himself after a loss. Another well-acted role for this talented man.

The supporting actors are great, like Martindale as Ms. Hamm. She presents as much determination to win as Penny while showing a nice range of emotions. Ellis plays Eddie with emotion while Kevin Connolly plays a charismatic reporter, Bill Nack. Both use some real chameleon acting in important supporting roles by distancing themselves from their HBO roles (“True Blood” and “Entourage” respectively) to show their talent.

Rich’s script displays ideas of perseverance and inspiration. He makes all the characters share these traits as they work toward a goal. Lines like “…you don’t know how far you can go until you run” support this. He also strikes a balance between Penny and Secretariat, so both get equal attention since it is as much a story about one woman’s fight to prove herself as well as an “un-derdog” defying the odds.

Being a Disney movie and a true story, audiences should un-derstand the film is set up like a wave, things going up and down but come out winning in the end.

While this might feel obvious, it’s the journey which makes the movie exciting. The story defies expectations by setting things up

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Diane Lane stars as Penny Chenery, owner of the Triple-Crown winning horse, Secretariat.

one way and having them play out another. This makes the movie exciting despite somewhat tiring moments that get caught in the mud. Rich manages to work the story into a PG rating, adding a couple “butts” here and there for dramatic effect, but keeping it family-friendly.

The movie takes place over a four year period, 1969 to 1973, but Rich condenses the timeline to help the story move along quicker without feeling like things are missing. However, he doesn’t disregard the amount of history occurring at this time. The script deals with the youth counter culture (i.e. hippies) when Penny’s daughter puts on a protest pageant against Vietnam at school.

This story tells its true tale with a hint of Disney magic, but doesn’t make the movie less en-joyable.

“Secretariat” is another inspi-rational tale of believing in one’s dreams and stands well next to other Disney sport-themed mov-ies like “Remember the Titans” and “Miracle.” It looks like there is a new hero and heroine to root for.

“Secretariat” is another

inspirational tale of believing in one’s dreams and stands well

next to other Disney sport-

themed movies like “Remember the Titans” and

“Miracle.”

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Suicide Prevention on College CampusesJENNIFER DWIGGINS

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Did you know that suicide is the second leading cause of death among college students? It is a topic that most would rather not discuss, but recent studies conducted by the Ameri-can Foundation for Suicide Pre-vention show that about 1,100 college students will commit suicide every year; it is a star-tling number.

The recent news coverage of college suicides has encouraged people to discuss this devastat-ing topic. As we have seen, sui-cides can have a big impact on many people. It hurts family, friends, and others that are close to that person.

Ashley Cheeseman, a senior says, “Not only do your friends and family suffer, but the people you were around feel the pain of suicide,” including schoolmates and roommates. It is heart-breaking when someone feels the need to take their own life.

On campuses around the country, students and adminis-trators are struggling with the prevention of suicide. College tends to be very stressful on a student. People can become de-pressed because they miss their family or they do not seem to be making any friends.

Schoolwork also creates extra stress - you quickly realize that assignments from high school cannot compare to college as-signments.

The schools with the high-est suicide rates are Ivy League colleges, including Massachu-setts Institute of Technology, Harvard and Cornell, ref lecting

the amount of stress placed on students.

Since suicide is such an im-portant issue on campuses across the country, it is impor-tant to know the signs of a sui-cidal person, that person, who can be a peer or friend, can be assisted and helped.

In reality, 50 to 75 percent of people who commit suicide show warning signs, if not ex-press their intent to family and friends beforehand.

Suicidal students are com-monly suffering from depres-sion. The number one cause of suicide, according to the Ameri-can Foundation for Suicide Pre-vention, is untreated depression.

If a person is depressed, they will usually stay secluded and keep to themselves, or have a lack of excitement for activi-ties that they would commonly enjoy.

Precursors for suicide in-clude, but are not limited to: be-ing pessimistic, drinking more than usual, and showing signs of desperation.

If a person is planning on committing suicide, they will make plans for the future – pos-sibly by giving away some of their prized possessions or say-ing goodbye to friends.

Due to the fact that so many suicidal students show warn-ing signs, pay attention if your friend is acting differently than normal.

If they explicitly tell you that they are considering suicide, or even if they just jokingly men-tion it, you need to take the threat seriously. Start by talk-ing to them and asking why they feel as if they need to commit

suicide. If you cannot seem to get

through to them, insist that they go see a professional. 25 per-cent of individuals who com-mitted suicide never went to re-ceive psychological help. If your friend refuses, inform someone who will be able to get the help they need. A life is more impor-tant than a secret.

If you feel that you are strug-gling with suicide here at MU, there are many ways to seek help. We have the student coun-seling center located on the third f loor of the Rebecca Staf-ford Student Center.

They are open Monday through Friday, 8:45 am to 5:00 pm. They have counselors that you can talk to at any time in the day; they even have phone numbers so that you can contact them if they are out of the of-fice.

If for any reason you would rather not talk to the counselors, then talk to a friend or a profes-sor. Everyone on campus cares about your well being and wants to make you feel comfortable. If you do not like any of these options then you can always call the suicide hotline, no matter where you are in the country, at 1-800-273-8255.

With the recent tragedy at Rutgers and other recent sui-cides, we realize that this sub-ject can hit home. I am sure that everyone on campus un-derstands how losing a loved one to suicide can affect a com-munity of people. In an effort to prevent suicide, try to watch out for any warning signs and do not be afraid to seek out help for yourself.

Showcase PreviewJOHN YUROSTAFF WRITER

Submissions are currently being accepted from senior communication, music, and art majors for the “Master Piece Showcase,” which will offer a forum for senior students to showcase their accomplish-ments.

The event, presented by Pro-fessor Hetzel’s Dream Team Senior Seminar Class and the Monmouth Oral Communica-tion Center, will be held on Tuesday, December 7 in Ana-con Hall.

Communication, art, and music seniors are welcome to submit their best work for in-clusion.

Lectures, seminars, speech-es, musical and dramatic per-formances, and visual art piec-es are all eligible.

Examples include, but are not limited to, a notable pre-sentation from a past class, a discussion of a scholarly paper, a distinguished instrumental or vocal performance, paint-ings, sculptures, or a perfor-mance of a monologue.

“Seniors are extremely ac-

complished and do epitomize the mission of Monmouth Uni-versity: ‘Where Leaders Look Forward,’” Professor Christy Hetzel said.

“My communication senior seminar class expressed an interest in providing a show-case for their fellow seniors to demonstrate to the Monmouth community the expertise of those graduating.”

All questions and submis-sions can be addressed to Professor Hetzel’s Dream Team Senior Seminar Class at mu.master piece.showcase@gmail.com. Submissions are due by November 1 via that email address. Please include your full name, major, student identif ication number, and phone number.

Email attachments will be accepted as images (.jpg, .gif, .png), music files (.mp3 or up-loaded to youtube), movie files (.mov, .avi, .mpg, or uploaded to youtube), and text docu-ments (.doc).

Applicants will be notified if their work has been chosen for inclusion by November 8. All of those participating must be available on December 7.

Following the PassionANGELA GENTILE

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

It is always inspiring to see someone so young, accomplish so much in their life. MU’s As-sistant Professor Marina Vuj-novic serves as the perfect ex-ample.

With a Ph.D in Mass Commu-nication, Marina Vujnovic came to MU as a Communication Pro-fessor, adding on to our already remarkable faculty.

Growing up in Croatia during a socialist regime, Dr. Vujnovic worked her way up the journal-istic ladder to begin writing and reporting on the war that con-tinued to wreak havoc on her home land. “It was an interest-ing time to grow up, profession-ally,” she commented.

For those who are not very good at geography, Croatia is a country in South-Eastern Eu-rope, across the Adriatic Sea from Italy.

It is boarded by Serbia, Bos-nia, Herzegovina, and Monte-negro. Croatia is known for its many national parks and beauti-

ful landscapes. When Marina was 15 years

old, war broke out in Croatia. The Croatian War of Indepen-dence was the second biggest war the country had seen since World War II.

The war raged on from 1991 until 1995, when it officially ended with the negotiation of the Dayton Agreement in Day-ton, Ohio. It was later signed in

Paris. When questioned why she had

become a war correspondent, she replied “I did not decide [to be a war correspondent]. I saw myself as a journalist, doing my job while being caught up in war.” At the time, Dr. Vujnovic saw the world around her as nor-mal.

She would go to school and then go to the front lines to re-port on what was happening, to earn some extra money. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary for her.

However, looking back on it is a different story. She now realiz-es how scary things really were, but still believes that “there is no job in the world more impor-tant. We try to uncover the real-ity in which we live.”

Her passion for politics and journalism was always very evident to her parents. However, her first memory of real atten-tiveness to the art of journalism was at age nine. In 1984, Indira Gandhi was shot after serving 18 years as India’s Prime Min-ister.

Dr. Vujnovic’s local newspa-per, Danas (Today), published an issue with a picture of Indira Gandhi on its cover with her heart in her hand and she loved it.

It was then that the young Ma-rina began collecting newspaper clippings and showing true in-terest in the world around her and in journalism itself.

As a young woman on the

front lines, it was not always easy. “Sometimes it is really hard to divide professional du-ties and being a human being,” she said.

However, she was able to persevere and receive her Ph.D from the University of Iowa. Al-though adjusting to the Ameri-can lifestyle was difficult, she knew this was what she wanted to do.

“The game you played as a kid most of the time is what you will be,” she believes, and this is why she became a teacher. She can now work with her students the way she wants to.

Even though Vujnovic does not get to see her family as much as she would like to, she does not regret living here. At the moment, she is working on her third book and just published a dissertation.

Dorm Rooms Might Go Coed

ENCARNACION PYLEMCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

At most colleges, men and women have lived harmoniously together in coed dorms, often just a floor, wing or few doors away, for decades.

Student activists at Ohio and Den-ison universities are now pushing for the final step in the student housing revolution: to allow members of the opposite sex to share rooms.

The movement started about 10 years ago at a few small, progres-sive liberal-arts colleges in an effort to help gay and transgender students feel comfortable in on-campus hous-ing. But more colleges are embracing the idea to allow all students, gay or straight, to pick the most-compatible roommates.

In Athens, the Student Senate vot-ed last week to support an effort to start a test program next fall at Ohio University. School leaders are study-ing the issue.

Gay, bisexual and transgender stu-dents at Ohio University currently can request special accommodations, but they have to “out themselves” to the housing staff to do so, said Ame-lia Shaw, vice commissioner of the Student Senate’s GLBT panel.

“Can you imagine being put into such an uncomfortable situation? I don’t have to go in and say, ‘I’m straight,’” she said. Shaw noted that such accommodation often means students are put into single-occupan-cy rooms, which are more costly.

Campus housing officials have been independently studying the is-sue since the summer.

“We’re in the business of creating safe environments, and we think this is just the next logical step,” said Judy Piercy, associate director for residen-tial housing. She said her department would need to make a recommenda-tion by February to make it possible to roll out a few coed units next fall.

About 55 schools nationwide, in-cluding the Columbus College of Art & Design, Miami University and Oberlin College in Ohio, allow men and woman to live in “gender-neutral” housing. Freshmen typi-cally aren’t eligible. Some schools have specific housing for gay and the small number of transgender stu-dents on campus.

Others offer a few units where men

and women of any sexual orientation can live together. A few make coed housing possible everywhere but in single-gender halls. Generally, advo-cates say, about two to three percent of rooms at the institutions have been made coed.

Many universities have resisted the concept because of concerns that some students would end up shar-ing not only a room but a bed. At Denison University, a small private college in Granville, student leaders submitted a petition this spring to al-low coed rooms.

“We are still in the very early pro-cesses of reviewing data, talking with students, thinking about it in committee and studying other pro-grams at peer institutions,” said Bill Fox, associate dean of students and residential-life director. CCAD offi-cials started offering gender-neutral housing last year after opening its new Design Square Apartments, which have private bedrooms.

“We knew students wanted to live with whomever they wanted, but at the same time, we knew some people would look at this as a morality is-sue,” said Dwayne Todd, associate vice president and dean of students.

Like most schools, CCAD dis-courages romantic partners from living together. But officials were prepared to make room transfers if couples did move in together and then broke up. That hasn’t happened.

“Most coed roommates are just friends,” said Jeffrey Chang, co-founder and associate director of the National Student Genderblind Cam-paign, an advocacy group that works with students and campus adminis-trators to provide coed housing.

Claims that gender-neutral hous-ing would result in promiscuity among straight couples and the po-tential for violence haven’t material-ized, said Chang, a second-year law student at Rutgers University.

The suicide of Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi, whose roommate had posted video on the Internet of Clementi having sex with another man, proves the need for this kind of housing, he said.

“There are students out there like Tyler who don’t feel comfortable in their own campus home. How long are we willing to turn our backs on this need?” he said.

PHOTO COURTESY of monmouth.edu

Vujnovic grew up in Croatia and became a journalist during the Croation War of Independence.

“The game you played as a kid most of the time is what you will be.”

MARINA VUJNOVICJournalism Professor

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JOHN D’ESPOSITOCONTRIBUTING WRITER

LinkedIn: A New Way to Social NetworkNIDIA GONZALEZ

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Seven Steps to Dating Through Text

Step 1 – Flirt TextWhen exchanging your number

with that cute new somebody, it is then that the game begins. Learn-ing how to flirt through text is a must.

To begin, using acronyms like LOL, or saying “hahaha” allows you to laugh at their jokes- even if they are not funny.

Putting a smiley face at the end of a cute compliment also makes for a great way to convey your emotions (i.e. (:).

When you have the utmost con-fidence that your cute new some-body is also interested, I suggest using the winky face, (i.e. (; ). This is a very suggestive emoti-con that conveys flirting or even something sexual.

Being able to flirt while texting is a skill that must be learned, so do not be afraid to ask your friends if it sounds alright – this

could make or break the deal so be careful and ask for advice. Level of Difficulty – 10

Step 2 – Honeymoon Texting By step two, you should have

successfully “flirt texted” your way into a relationship, surviv-ing that dreaded step one. Step

two however is the most fun - it allows you to express your emo-tions as freely as possible.

Common phrases include – LOL (laugh out loud), LMAO (laughing my ass off), ROTFL (rolling on the floor laughing), mwahh (the sound of a kiss), luv u, ur beautiful, ur so cute, and TTYL (talk to you later).

Allow this time to go on as long as possible; it provides constant flattery to someone you love to talk to.

Level of Difficulty - 0Step 3 – Goodnight/ Good-

morning Text aka “The Re-minder”

Step three is the most strategic of them all. One must be very ex-perienced in texting in order to master this step. Step three must be timed appropriately; too early on in the relationship and it will come off as creepy, and if you’re too late you will have already missed your opportunity for it to be sentimental.

The reminder text is best placed early in the morning and late at night. The morning text makes you the first thought in their head when they awake, and the good-night text makes you the last thought on their mind before bed.

This offers your significant

other a constant reminder that you are thinking about them, and allows them to think about you as well. This step is all about timing though, so try and memorize your partners schedule, learn when they most need a reminder, and do not forget to let them know you care.

Level of Difficult- 4Step 4– Sexting Sexting is certainly the most

adventurous of all our seven steps. The act of sexting takes place when one person takes it upon themselves to share their sexual desires with the other.

This act only works when both partners are willing to commit. Sex-ting offers the joys of sex when phys-ical contact is impossible. Both trust and a great sexual connection allow sexting to flow naturally and acts as a placebo for sex itself.

Sexting is dangerous but be-comes useful in a text relation-ship. While sexting, make sure not to use too many abbreviations be-cause when speaking romantical-ly, or when trying to arouse your partner, the last thing you want to do is shorten their pleasure.

Also, this step comes with a challenge - the almighty 160 character challenge. When sex-ting, you must be brief and to the point, considering typical phones only allow 160 characters to be sent at a time.

This may limit your text-play, but if you want your text relation-ship to survive, sexting is a must, so loosen up those fingers and prepare to text.

Level of Difficulty - 7 Step 5 – Fight TextLanguage is key when texting.

It is very easy for text messages to be misread considering how

difficult it can be to interpret the emotion behind the words.

Words are very easily misread and are constantly being taken out of context, hence, step five, the fighting text. A fight can be started very quickly over text.

With one wrong placement of a word or one forgotten punctua-tion mark, a whole message can be misconstrued, resulting in a fight.

Since this fight is happening through text, I personally recom-mend picking up the phone and solving your problems verbally, but for all you texters out there who refuse to pick up the phone, I will go on.

Level of Difficulty - 6Step 6- Ignoring TextsWhen in a text relationship, one

of the tell tale signs that something is wrong is when your partner be-gins to ignore your text messages.

The difficulty of being in a text relationship is the ease that it al-lows you to ignore your partner; when you do not want to answer, you simply do not answer.

When the urgency to answer your partner’s texts begins to fade, it is time to question your devotion to that person. Is anything so im-portant you cannot take the time away to answer a text?

Whether you are being ignored or are doing the ignoring, make sure you do it wisely because it

comes with a lot of repercussions, including fighting, breaking up or even a phone call!

Level of Difficulty – 2Step 7 – The Break-up TextThe most hurtful of them all

is step seven, the break-up text, made famous by Joe Jonas – vic-tim Taylor Swift – and Chase Crawford –victim Carrie Under-wood – and must only be used in extreme cases.

The break-up text is both hurtful and impersonal; it says that your relationship did not mean much or that you did not respect the person enough to break up in person.

If this is the case, please refer

back to step three and make sure they delete all sexts. Breaking up over text can prove to be difficult; once again, you must do it in 160 characters or less.

What this means is that the text must be planned out, methodical-ly shortened, and worded meticu-lously in order to get your point across. This might force you to be blunt, but with only 160 char-acters, one must get to the point across as quickly as possible.

Breaking up over text is a com-mon occurrence that skilled tex-ters have the upper hand on. One must be methodical, strategic, and to the point, so if you are go-ing to do it, do it well.

Level of Difficulty – 9

Being able to flirt while texting is a skill that must be learned, so do

not be afraid to ask your friends if it sounds alright – this could make or break the deal so be careful and ask

for advice.

When exchanging your number with that cute new somebody, it is then

that the game begins. Learning how to flirt through text is a must.

At a recent workshop, “Networking Your Way: Using Online Resources to Land a Job”, Jeff Mass introduced a social networking website that uses many features of today’s social net-working sites in a professional setting to jumpstart your career today.

According to LinkedIn’s website homepage, 75 million professionals use LinkedIn everyday to exchange ideas, information, and knowledge.

LinkedIn is a non-profit website which helps you manage a career through a networking system that helps you build a profile and connect with others through ‘relationships’.

These relationships are initiated with an invitation. Forwarded invita-tions send requests for introductions, and then each introduction must be written in two or three sentences to one paragraph in order to be complete.

According to Mass, it is trustwor-thy to add people you know. A typical trusted network should include col-leagues and friends on and off campus.

The six key tabs of LinkedIn will guide you to success. They are: Home, Profile, Contacts, Groups, Jobs, and Inbox. The ‘More’ tab of-fers other useful tools. One of them is an Amazon Reading List.

Other key features of LinkedIn are: connections with members, discus-sions, endorsements, direct ads, The Learning Center, and the network.

The homepage is the front face of the website and you may switch over to the profile page to view and edit it.

To speed up the process of creat-ing your profile, you can import a re-sume. Contacts store and organize all the connections you make once you submit an invitation for a relationship.

Groups is a ‘cool tool’ that allows you to join groups in professional fields you find of interest. This is a great branching device as well. You can also edit and store groups you

create.Mass commented, “it reminds me

of, Seven Degrees of Separation.” According to LinkedIn Philosophy: Relationships Matter est. 2003, over 2 million people have joined Linke-dIn every month spanning 200 coun-tries and 150 industries.

LinkedIn boosts your career and connects you to employers. When you decide to join, the process is par-allel of other current social network-ing sites. Staying a free access mem-ber can change with time as Linked In also offers you a premium package.

Searching for Jobs on LinkedIn is easy, simple and effective. Once your job search finishes, you will have a job description which entails what you will be doing and how to apply.

Another great aspect of LinkedIn is the endorsement feature. Endorse-ments in LinkedIn are recommenda-tions given by past or present employ-ers, colleagues and business partners. These endorsements are references for professional jobs in the future.

Professional networking through LinkedIn membership offers you a better chance of landing a job for a new career outlook in the future and can be useful for many people who are currently still unemployed and still seek jobs. There is a 50-86 % you will find a job on LinkedIn than in a newspaper or internet posting.

Also, you may find more business opportunities more useful on Linke-dIn. Once you build more connec-tions and relationships with people, your profile will be more accessible to employers and companies.

This should be a goal to reach once you decide to join the LinkedIn com-munity.

LinkedIn is a great networking tool for a business student who might need a job or a business entrepreneur who is branching out his company overseas.

LinkedIn has a basic homepage any student would be able to access easily and career opportunities for all majors.

PHOTO COURTESY of Techipedia.com

LinkedIn Connections, which helps professionals manage their carers, shows the types of relationships that are built on the website.

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Club Spotlight: The Student Council for Exceptional Children

JENNA INTERSIMONECLUB ANDGREEK EDITOR

The Student Council for Ex-ceptional Children (SCEC) is an internationally known or-ganization for educators in the field of special education. This club has been has been a part of Monmouth for over six years. They holds regular meetings on campus, as well as co-sponsor-ing a yearly spring symposium and taking part in community service projects that involve

working with and helping hand-icapped children.

The SCEC aims to “promote the welfare and education of ex-ceptional children, to promote awareness around campus about students with disabilities, to ad-vance the education of individu-als with exceptionalities, and to promote related educational and scientific purposes,” as reported by Erin Slattery, President of the SCEC.

The club currently has about thirty active members, but they

are always looking for more people to get involved. Their main form of fundraising is bake sales, where they bake their own homemade goods to sell so that they can support local families in need or work for disability awareness in one of the many events that they host.

The advisor for this group is Vicki Jordan from the School of Education. Skip Carey, the Director of Disability Services on campus, also gives the club support and guidance so that they can continue with their ef-forts.

This semester, the SCEC will be hosting a Cystic Fibrosis fundraiser and awareness cam-paign, organizing a Halloween party for students with special needs, and adopting a family with special needs for the holi-days. They are also still coming up with ideas for more events.

The SCEC has also partici-pated in many events and hosted them themselves in the years they have been an official club at the University. For over five years they have had an annual Hallow-een party for children with spe-cial needs, they have participated in many local awareness walks, and have collaborated with the ARC of Monmouth County. Last year, the SCEC worked with the ARC of Monmouth County to host the movie “A Friend Indeed: The Bill Slacker Story” in Wil-son Hall.

The SCEC has also collaborat-ed with Parents of Autistic Chil-dren (POAC) for events, such as when they raised over $600 for

POAC’s Walk for Autism. Some other events they have

taken part in is decorating f loats for the Ronald McDonald House Columbus Day Parade, assisting children at the Martin Luther King Jr. event in creating cards for critically ill children through the Make a Child Smile Foun-dation, and donating and tak-ing part in an Easter egg hunt at Linkages Homeless Center for women and children.

“The main goal for members is to get involved in the local com-munities and make an impact, especially on children and adults with special needs,” said Slat-tery.

Slattery said that her favorite event that the SCEC participates in is the Halloween party at the Harbor School, which is a school for children with special needs, in Eatontown. “We assisted the children in decorating trick-or-treat bags and we played games such as Halloween bingo, pass the pumpkin, and pin the “x” on the treasure map (similar to “pin the tail on the donkey”). The children loved how we decorated their community room with bal-loons, streamers, and pumpkin cut-outs. I look forward to hav-ing this event again in a couple of weeks.”

The SCEC usually holds meet-ings about once a month in the Student Center. The next meet-ing will be on Wednesday Octo-ber 20, at 7:15, the exact room to be announced. If you would like more information on this club, feel free to email scec@mon-mouth.edu.

Upcoming Events Include a Halloween Party and a Cystic Fibrosis Fundraiser

SPCA Animal in Need of Home

The Animal Representatives of Monmouth would like to promote a dog that has been at the Monmouth County SPCA for about a year:

Randy is a 2 year old male dog currently living at the Monmouth County SPCA.

He loves to play with squeaky toys. This dog is quite the go-getter and is extremely affectionate. He walks nicely on a leash.

Randy has had a rough life; he was hit by a car and been living in theshelter for almost a year while other dogs get adopted within a few months. Randy prefers to be the only dog in the home.

Please help Randy find his forever home. If you’re inter-ested in adopting Randy, please contact the Monmouth County SPCA at 732-542-0040, 260 Wall St., Eatontown, NJ 07724.

PHOTO COURTESY of the Educator Volume VII Spring 2009

The Student Council for Exceptional Children at the 2009 Walk for a Difference- Autism Walk.

PHOTO COURTESY OF Animal Representatives of Monmouth University

Help Randy, a dog who has been at the SPCA for about one year, find a new home!

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Club and Greek Announcements

The Outdoors Club will be collecting used batteries, old cell phones, toner cartridges, and ink cartridges in order to keep these items out of landfills. This is also used as a fundraiser for the Outdoors Club.

The items will be collected in dropboxes which are located near the Information Booth on the first f loor of the Student Center. There will also be drop-boxes avaiable on the residential side of campus.

Also, the Club will be having a camping trip November 6 and 7 to Lehigh, Pennsylvania. Activi-ties will include camping, hik-ing, kayaking, and white water rafting. The cost for this trip is 35$ per person.

Fellow Hawks,Life has been extremely busy for

SGA recently. We are doing all we can to make positive changes on campus for all students. The Student Government Association is commit-ted to making sure that you have a voice to the administration and fac-ulty on campus so that your experi-ence here is the best that it can be! Unfortunately, Monmouth is some-times subject to saddening events on other campuses.

I talked with you last week about the death of Tyler Clementi at Rut-gers University and how important it was that we as a student body make sure that nothing like that happens at Monmouth University. The ad-ministration, along with SGA con-sultation, has taken a small step in insuring such an event does not take place. Last week, SGA unanimously supported a proposal by Vice-Pres-ident of Student Services MaryAnn Nagy to add to the Student Code of Conduct. The code now contains the following passages:

“Article III, Section B, #22. ‘Mak-ing or attempting to make a photo-graphic, audio or video recording of any person(s) in bathrooms, showers, bedrooms, or other premises where there is an expectation of privacy involving nudity and/or sexual activ-ity, without the full knowledge and consent of all participants subject to such recordings or the public sharing of such materials.’”

“Article III, Section B., #23 ‘Mak-ing or attempting to make a photo-graphic, audio or video recording of any person(s) involving nudity and/or sexual activity, with the full knowledge and consent of all partici-pants subject to such recordings or the public sharing of such materials, when such materials refer to or iden-tify the University or are distributed

through the Univer-sity’s information systems network, radio or television broadcast systems, internal mail or message board post-ing.’”

SGA, in unani-mously passing a motion of support for the new changes, saw the additions as a much needed amendment to the Code of Conduct. Under previous rules, a violation of privacy of this na-ture would be hard for the school to take action against. Let me make clear that the additions are meant to be a strengthening of the privacy of all students and is not meant to harm the freedom of speech or media that we all enjoy.

I understand that there has been some apprehension about the pro-posed rules by certain groups of the university. However, the rules are meant more to target resident-to-resident interaction than classroom or club/organization work. I feel as though the language in the ad-ditions is adequate enough to tell the difference. I have also been as-sured that the school would conduct all necessary investigations before any charges are brought up so that any classroom or club/organization work is protected. In this particu-lar case, I believe that the school is going the proper route in (from a policy standpoint) protecting the student body while not infringing on any rights.

The other item I wanted to dis-cuss was the topic of green initia-

tives on campus. My Vice-Pres-ident and I recently had a meeting with Jim Ferris, Director of Facili-ties Management for Special Proj-ects. We had a good conversation and one that should lead to inter-esting developments over the next several months. One of the special projects that Jim had a hand in was bringing Zipcar to campus. Zipcar is a unique car rental/sharing sys-tem that will serve the University in a new way. This will particularly benefit first year students and those who do not have access to a car or parking pass. I encourage you all to look into Zipcar as an alternate means of transportation.

Please look out for upcoming cam-pus events, games, and programs on campus. We will be entering the middle of the semester soon. How-ever, this is the time when the cam-pus really comes to life!

Go Hawks!Kevin SandersSGA President

SGA President’s Letter

MU students: are you interest-ed in skiing or snowboarding? Well Monmouth University has a club on campus where which travels throughout the winter to different mountains to ski or snowboard.

The annual trip to Mt.Tremblant, Canada is taking place over winter break and there are limited seats available!

If you have any questions, please email us at snowride@monmout.edu.

The Sociology Club is co-sponsoring with the Department of Political Science and Sociol-ogy the inauguration of the Soci-ology Major. Come hear Dr. Ri-cardo Dello Buono speak about “Sociology: A Critical Disci-pline for the 21st Century” and learn about the advantages of a career in sociology.

The event will be held on Mon-day, October 25, from 2:30-4:00 in Wilson Auditorium.

The Sociology Club is partner-ing with CARE, the MU Library, the Sociology Club, the Gender Studies Program, and the Stand Up and Be Counted Campaign to participate in CARE’s 2010 National Day of Action target-ing the need to stand up against global poverty.

The event will be held on Oct. 20, from 10:00-11:15 in Wilson Auditorium and will include an educational component and a let-ter writing campaign to encour-age students to get involved in the political campaign to eradi-cate poverty.

If you have any questions, please contact Nancy Mezey, So-ciology Club Faculty Advisor at nmezey@monmouth.edu.

The Social Work Society will host the sixth annual Teach In on Environmental Justice: Ensuring FoodSustainability in our Local & Global Communities on No-vember 9.

We are currently accepting proposals for students, faculty, and people in the community to present, hold a discussion, dis-play posters, and artistic repre-sentations.

If you have any questions, please contact Nicole McQueen at s0670636@monmouth.edu.

CommWorks will be hosting its next Poetry Slam on Octo-ber 13 at 8 pm in the Residential Quad. They are also currently raising money to benefit Walk a Mile in Her Shoes. If you have any questions, please contact CommWorks President Saman-tha Lillis at s0744841@mon-mouth.edu.

The Monmouth University Pep Band has been off to a great start with a bigger look and sound. The band, under the direction of Professor Bryan H. Jenner, has grown in recent weeks to nearly 40 members.

Additional members are al-ways welcome, especially if you play trumpet, trombone, mello-phone or clarinet!

Please contact Professor Jen-ner at bjenner@monmouth.edu for more information.

College Republicans Club will be having meetings every Wednesday in Bey Hall Room 227. Please contact Shawna Sullivan, Club President, at s0704336@monmouth.edu for more information.

HillelHillel, The Foundation for

Jewish Campus Life, will be hav-ing a meeting on October 6 at 2:30 pm in Bey Hall 129.

For more information, please contact Daniel Goldenberg, Club President, at s0788666@mon-mouth.edu.

The Italian Club has new lead-ers this year. Ottaviana De Ruvo and Francesca Emma have taken over the club in hope to expand it and pursue some new fun filled activities.

Many activities and fundrais-ers will be taking place over the course of the year, including Fes-tas, Tombolola, trips to NYC, and much more! Meet new people, eat, and eat some more!

The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, Ocotber 13 in the Student Center Room 202B.

If you are interested to learn what else the Italian Club has to offer, contact the presidents, Francesca Emma at s0641610@monmouth.edu or Ottavian De Ruvo at s0737400@monmouth.edu.

The African American Stu-dent Union (AASU) meets every other Sunday from 6pm to 7pm.

Our next meeting is this Sun-day, October 10 in Oakwood Lounge. All are welcome!

If you have any questions, please contact Octavia Okoe-Quansah at s0661132@mon-mouth.edu.

Outdoors Club

Snowriders Club

CommWorks

Italian Club

Sociology Club

Phi Sigma Sigma Hosts Annual Monmouth Idol

JORDAN FUREYSTAFF WRITER

Phi Sigma Sigma held its an-nual Monmouth Idol to support their philanthropy, the National Kidney Foundation, in Pollak Theatre from 10 pm to 11:45 pm on October 6. There were a total of 12 acts in competition to re-ceive some prizes.

Monmouth Idol has the same concept of Fox’s hit original reality show, “American Idol”, in which contestants show off their talents in areas such as singing, dancing, or playing an i n s t r u m e n t , in an effort to win over the judges.

The judges were Dana K a u f m a n from Alpha Sigma Tau, Ryan Forest from Theta Xi, Corey Springer from Sigma Pi, and Jessica Gor-don from Zeta Tau Alpha. Between acts, the judges would give positive comments on each performance.

This year, Gina Filiaci and Stefanie Matano, both juniors at Monmouth and members of Phi Sigma Sigma, put together Monmouth Idol. “It was a lot of work, but also a lot of fun orga-nizing Monmouth Idol this year. There was a great turnout and we were very happy to see all of the different people from different

organizations come out to sup-port Phi Sigma Sigma and the National Kidney Foundation. We appreciate all of the participa-tion from the students.”

The two hosts of Monmouth Idol were Kelli Ercolano member of Phi Sigma Sigma, and Joe Lo-pardo, member of Sigma Pi. DJ Chris Spirito, a junior student, ran the music for the event.

This year, the prizes were pro-vided by The Turning point, Scal-la’s Pizzeria, Gold’s Gym, Beach Bum Tanning, and also Hair Club.

There was also a special perfor-mance by the Monmouth Dance Team halfway through the show.

The first place winner was Mallory O’Neil. Mallory sung “At Last” by Etta James. The first place prize was a member-ship at Beach Bum Tanning sa-lon, $10 at Scalla’s Pizzeria, and a woman’s haircut from Hair Club.

The second place winner was

Danielle Vitoroulis. Danielle sung “And I Am Telling You” by Jennifer Hudson. The second place prize was two entrees at the Turning Point and a $10 gift card at Scalla’s Pizzeria.

The third place winner was Marissa Meiskin who sung “Drops of Jupiter” by Train and Tom Murphy, who played the gui-tar. Marissa and Tom won third place as a duet. The third place prize was a $10 gift certificate to Scalla’s Pizzeria, a men’s haircut from Hair Club, and a month’s

membership at Gold’s Gym.

“We were really happy to have all of the donations from the local b u s i n e s s e s . They were very generous and helpful. It was great to see all of the students and faculty come out and show support. This year M o n m o u t h Idol was a

huge success and we hope that next year Monmouth Idol will be just as successful,” said Stefanie Matano.

The audience was also very supportive of each performer, singing along and clapping af-ter each act. It was a great event that brought the students of Monmouth University together for a fun and entertaining expe-rience.

“[The local businesses] were very generous and helpful. It was great

to see all of the students and faculty come out and show support. This year Monmouth Idol was a huge success and we hope that next

year Monmouth Idol will be just as successful.”

STEFANIE MATANOPhi Sigma Sigma Member

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Bruce Wayne Finally Makes It Back Home

Bruce Wayne will be making his triumphant return to the present in the monumental event known as “Bruce Wayne: The Road Home” presented in eight one-shot com-ics.

Starting this week, the Batman characters will experience chang-es as the original Dark Knight slowly comes back to the world. From Commissoner Gordon to Red Robin, everyone has ques-tions about what this means.

Things began in “Final Cri-sis” as Batman (Wayne) was presumed dead. However, he had actu-ally been sent back into the past in writer Grant Morrison’s miniseries, “Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne,” where he has been moving forward in time through the Stone Age and the Wild West, concluding in the present.

Meanwhile, Morrison has also been orchestrat-ing the new title “Batman and Robin,” which features former Robin, Dick Grayson as the new Batman after a fight for it and Wayne’s biological son, Damian, as the new Boy Wonder.

Recently clues presented in “The Return of Bruce Wayne” have appeared in the pages of “Batman and Robin” to announce to the other characters that Bruce was alive and his eventual return.

To commemorate this story, certain writers and artists will fo-cus on the heroes and one villain’s reaction to this news.

Those familiar with working on Batman include writer Fabian Niceza and new individuals like

artist Agustin Paldina. Artist Shane Davis will be sup-

plying the covers to each of the one-shots.

According to “The Source,” DC Comics’ blog, “Seen through the eyes of those most important to Bruce–Dick Grayson, Tim Drake, Damian Wayne, Batgirl, Catwom-an, Oracle, the Outsides, Commis-sioner Gordon, even Ra’s al Ghul–each issue spotlights the unique relationship these characters have with the Dark Knight.”

Nicieza, writer of “Bruce Wayne: The Road Home- Batman & Robin, Ra’s al Ghul, and Red

Robin” gave some insight to what Bruce might be thinking about those that took over for him dur-ing his absence.

While talking to newsrama.com, he said, “I think it’s very natural for someone who has been away, as he has, to be both proud of how his ‘children’ have stepped up and probably, secretly, a little jealous that they’ve done so well without him.”

However, the excitement does not stop there as some new titles will be made to help flesh out this story even more.

For example, while Morrison will be passing “Batman and Rob-in” to writer Peter Tomasi (“Green

Lantern Corps”), but that does not mean he is out of the game.

Besides penning “Batman: The Return,” Morrison will script the new series, “Batman, Inc,” which will see Bruce Wayne working with a number of characters un-known at this time of writing.

In an interview with the “LA Times’ Hero Complex,” Morrison said, “The first 12 issues of the book will be team-ups with Bat-man and different characters as he traveling the world and kind of training people.” The idea of a larger Bat family does not seem to be that farfetched by this descrip-

tion.It is not just the

return of Bruce Wayne as Bat-man that changes things since his costume is also getting updated with a retro fit. The familiar yel-low oval with the bat emblem is making a come-back.

This traditional feature of the Dark Knight faded over the years in favor of a more uniformed gray and black costume with a black bat on the chest.

However, Morrison does not see changing the costume as be-ing any different from the various other Batman costumes featured on TV or in the movies. “They are all completely different but they are all instantly recognizable as Batman,” Morrison continued saying to Hero Complex.

Although much is uncertain about Bruce Wayne’s return, one thing is clear. Villains have some-thing to fear once again from the Dark Knight and company.

It is not just the return of Bruce Wayne as Batman that changes things since his costume is also

getting updated with a retro fit. The familiar yellow oval with

the bat emblem is making a comeback.

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Men’s Soccer Splits Contests Over Weekendtime scoring goal number three. Reigning Rookie of the Year Ryan Clark hasn’t had the suc-cessful season he did last year. However, in the 56th minute, Clark registered his first goal of the season off a free kick from 25 yards out.

Last season Clark was a key part of the offense but this year he hasn’t had quite the success that awarded him R.O.Y. When asked of the importance of his first goal Clark said, “A big weight was taken off my back once I saw the ball go into the net. And I believe if the team continues to win, more good things will come my way.”

The Hawks had the game in hand with a 3-0 lead but were still on the offensive. Further-ing his case for the Player of the Year, Ryan Kinne netted his second goal of the game and his seventh of the season. Fel-low Hermann trophy candidate Bryan Meredith held down the FDU offense as he added an-other shutout giving him five on the year.

Football Loses Heartbreaker in Final Seconds

Moon, Pa.- With two seconds left in the game the Hawks lined up with a chance to win the game if freshman kicker Eric Spillane could make a 28 yard field goal. The kick never made it through as 6’4 Corey Nolton got a hand up and was able to block the field goal and solidify a win for the Colonials.

Robert Morris got on the board first after Jeff Sinclair had a 10 yard run for a touchdown early in the first quarter. It took Monmouth just under four minutes left in the first quarter to score as Eric Spill-ane drilled a 22 yard field goal to put the Hawks down 7-3 at the end of the first quarter.

Robert Morris responded with a 12 yard touchdown pass from Sinclair to Shadrae King early in the second quarter. Down 14-3, Monmouth had catching up to

do and was in a completely dif-ferent situation than they were in last week when they led Duquesne 31-0 in the second quarter. With just over ten minutes left in the second quarter, L.J. Caprio con-tinued to make his presence felt in the red zone as he ran in a one yard t o u c h -d o w n run to put the H a w k s down 14-10. With t h r e e seconds left in the half, Robert Morris put up some last second points on the board as Garrett Clawson hit a 34 yard field goal to put Robert Mor-ris up 17-10 at halftime.

The third quarter was pretty quiet, as no teams were able to score. Most of the fourth quarter

was very quiet as well. The first score in the second half by either team was with a little less than two minutes left in the fourth quarter, when Kyle Frazier hit Chris Ho-gan with an eight yard touchdown pass. The touchdown capped off a very impressive 15 play, 88 yard

drive which took nine minutes and 35 seconds. Thinking that they were about to force the game into overtime, Monmouth kicker Eric Spillane’s extra point hit the left upright and hit the ground. It was Spillane’s first missed extra point of the season, and a week after he

On Friday, the nationally ranked number 10 Hawks hosted FDU on the Great Lawn which matched up the top two teams in the NEC. However, the Hawks were quick to f lex their muscles and show their superior talent.

If you blinked you missed it. The Hawks opened up with a goal in the 5th minute from de-fender Anthony Vazquez after he put in a volley off a free kick from junior RJ Allen for his second goal of his Monmouth career. It didn’t take long for the Hawks to increase their lead. Two minutes and change went by as the Blue and White found an answer to beat the FDU de-fense.

Hermann candidate Ryan Kinne extended the lead when he redirected a header off a pass from sophomore Cesar Blacido. The Hawks took a 2-0 lead into the half and were looking to con-tinue their dominance

The Hawks wasted very little

CHARLES KRUZITSCO-SPORTS EDITOR

won the NEC rookie of the week. Now with no other options,

Monmouth had to perform an on-side kick to have a chance to come back and win. The kick was per-fect, as safety Jose Gumbs recov-ered it at Monmouth’s 45 yard line. Kyle Frazier led the Hawks as they

d r o v e down the field on a seven p l a y , 44 yard drive to set up a p o t e n -tial game

winning field goal. With six sec-onds left on Robert Morris’ eleven yard line, Monmouth called time-out and sent out Spillane to kick the game winner. With an op-portunity to redeem himself with a fairly short field goal, danger loomed. Nolton crushed the hopes

GAVIN MAZZAGLIASTAFF WRITER

On Sunday the Hawks returned to action to host conference foe Sacred Heart on the Great Lawn. Unlike their past performance against FDU, the Hawks weren’t able to crack their opponent’s defense. Their opponents (SHU) Hawks and Pioneers battled to a scoreless draw. If you were to tell me the Hawks would get six shots on goal and still be shutout I’d say ‘you’re crazy.’

The Blue and White weren’t able to regain the offensive mo-mentum that they had against FDU. Goalkeeper Bryan Mere-dith had another shutout over the weekend to give him six on the year. This is an obvious set-back for the Hawks but they still were able to avoid losing and held on to the tie.

The Hawks will be traveling to the Bronx to play in two games next weekend against Long Is-land on Friday and St. Francis of NY on Sunday. The Hawks are currently ranked second in the NEC but the first ranked Pioneers have played one more game in conference.

of the Hawks when his block changed the trajectory of the kick, which caused it to hit off the up-rights and miss its mark.

Overall, Monmouth wasn’t dominated at all in any category, but they just couldn’t come up in the clutch. On the ground, Bobby Giles had 17 carries for 79 yards, while in the air Kyle Frazier com-pleted 19 out of his 30 passes for 189 yards including a touchdown and an interception. Mitchell Pol-lard led the way with four catches for 64 yards. On the defensive side, linebacker Chris Mastrangelo led the way with nine total tackles. Joe Valenti added a total of eight tackles, including two tackles for losses. Don Brooks added an in-terception for a 14 yard return.

Monmouth squares off against Bryant University this Saturday in West Long Branch with hopes that they can win their first conference game.

PHOTO COURTESY of Monmouth University Athletics Communications

Ryann Kinne has been named College Player of the Week by Big-AppleSoccer.com

Nolton crushed the hopes of the Hawks when his block changed the trajectory of the kick, which caused it to hit off the uprights and

miss its mark.

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On Friday, the women’s soccer team traveled to Hamden, Con-necticut where they took on the Bobcats of Quinnipiac.

The Hawks were coming off of a 2-0 defeat at the hands of the Robert Morris Colonials and they were looking to bounce back after the loss.

They took the field looking to improve their record to 7-4-1 and by the 78th minute, it was clear that they were poised to do so.

At that moment, senior for-ward Mary Wilks assisted junior midfielder Courtney Snyder on her third goal of the season, and her third goal in the past three games.

After Snyder’s goal, the Hawks looked to extend their lead. A minute and a half later, they struck again. This time on a Jennie Vartebedian goal, which came off a def lection and went by diving QU goalkeeper Jillian Kelley.

The Hawks were seven minutes away from a shutout when senior Quinnipiac forward Meagan McLoughlin chipped in a goal to cut the Hawks’ lead in half. The goal was McLoughlin’s second of the year and was assisted by Bobcat forward Furtuna Velaj on a corner kick seemingly covered by the Hawk defense. Although allowing the lead to be trimmed in half, the Hawks’ drive for

As the Monmouth Hawks went into Columbus Day weekend, Head coach Carli Figlio wanted to make sure her team was ready to go to battle against Colum-bia University. The Hawks were coming off a 7-2 loss against Penn State, and they were look-ing to erase the memory of their second loss of the season with a win against the Columbia Lions.

Columbia unfortunately did not roll over. Led by head coach Marybeth Freeman , the Lions came away with the 2-0 win against the Hawks. Mid-fielder Meredith Violi was able to get two penalty corners in the first five minutes of the game but had nothing to show for it. Colum-bia then went on the attack as sophomore Paige Simmons got her first shot on goal but it was saved by Mellissa Katz. Then ju-nior Carson Christus got another chance for Columbia a minute later but her attempt was saved by Katz, as well.

Throughout the first half, Katz was being tested by Columbia. Columbia’s Caitlin Mullins took the first penalty corner for the Lions, but was not able to get anything positive for it. Katz, a half minute later was tested again, this time by forward Gabby Kozlowski. Her shot was denied by Katz giving her three saves for the half.

After the teams traded penalty corners, Coach Figlio made a few substitutions to change the momentum of the game. Fresh-man Alex Carroll was one of the substitutions and she looked to find her spark on offense as she did in the previous games this season. However, it was Colum-bia’s Carson Christus who beat the defenders and was able to put one past Katz for the first goal of the game. Coach Figlio again subbed in and out the players to try and throw off the Lions, but was not able to get any points for

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victory never subsided and they maintained their one goal lead until the end of regulation, so-lidifying their 2-1 victory.

By the end of the game, the Hawks had outshot the Bobcats 17-11, forcing QU goalkeeper Jil-lian Kelley to make eight saves at the end.

The Hawks were able to com-pile 13 shots on goal in the sec-ond half, as it appeared their ag-gressive offense had re-emerged after being shutout by the Colo-nials on October 3rd.

With the victory the Hawks rose to 7-4-1 on the season and 2-1-1 in conference play.

The Hawks tended to keep the ball on the opposing side, leav-ing senior goalkeeper Lia Fierro with only three saves to make.Monmouth held Quinnipiac to only 6 shots on goal in 45 min-utes of second half play.

With the win, Monmouth moved on to play the Central Connecticut State University Blue Devils on Sunday, in New Britain, Connecticut. The game was marked by Central’s advan-tage in shots on goal, and the Blue Devils totaled more than twice the Hawk amount. By the time the game was over, the final score read 2-0.

In the 38th minute, CCSU freshman midfielder Jewel Rob-inson scored her first goal of the season, and first on her ca-reer. The goal was a result of a Monmouth penalty just outside

the box; this lead to a direct kick taken by Robinson, who beat Fi-erro to the right.

By the end of the first period, the Hawks had been outshot 4-2, and trailed by the lone Robinson goal. Throughout the first 30 minutes of the 2nd half, game-play was even on both sides; the defensive strategy seemed to work; and the offensive attack was still present.

In the 77th minute, CCSU freshman defenseman Nikki Ku-reczka had a break away oppor-tunity, but failed to capitalize on it when her shot sailed over the Monmouth goal.

The Blue Devils tallied their second goal of the afternoon with only 45 seconds remaining in the game. CCSU freshman Keriann Welch chipped it to se-nior midfielder Beth Lloyd who took it and sailed it to the left side of the Monmouth goal.

By the sounding horn, Lia Fi-erro had made three saves for the Hawks, and Blue Devil goalkeep-er Nikola Deiter had made two.

Despite the loss, the Hawks’ still retain a winning record and are now looking ahead to Fri-day’s matchup versus Fairleigh Dickinson.

With the defeat, the Hawks fell to 7-5-1 overall, and 2-2-1 within the N.E.C. They will return to action this Friday, October 15 versus the previously mentioned Fairleigh Dickinson Knights, at 3:00 pm on the Great Lawn.

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it, even though Monmouth ended the half with two shots on goal and a penalty corner. Head coach Freeman and the Lions took a 1-0 lead into halftime.

As the Hawks started the sec-ond half, there was a switch in momentum, and it started to go the Hawks way within the first twenty minutes of the second

half. The Hawks got a few shots on goal, mainly by Carroll but still the Hawks could not get any points on the board. Colum-bia goalkeeper Christie O’Hara was a big part of the reason why, as she saved three shots in the game.

Columbia then started to take the momentum back as Katz was tested three times in three min-utes but stopped the three shots giving her six saves in the game. Coming down to the last twenty minutes of the game, the Lions got a host of penalty corners tak-en by Mullins. The last penalty corner worked out in the 55th minute, when senior Julia Gar-rison found the net after an assist

by fellow senior Hannah Smith on the give and go, which put the Lions up 2-0.

Monmouth was not able to re-bound after that, as they were not able to get an attempt on goal for the last few minutes of the game and dropped the game 2-0 to the Lions. Columbia won the battle in both shot and penalty corners.

Katz showed to be the most valu-able player of the Hawks for this game with six saves on the day. The Hawks dropped to 8-3 on the season and Columbia rose to 6-4 on the season.

After Fridays lost to Columbia University, Coach Figlio and the Hawks opened play against con-ference opponents the Red Flash of Saint Francis University.

Saint Francis was coming in looking to end their five game losing streak, and Monmouth was looking to end their two game losing streak and get a jump start on the conference as well. The Hawks would give the Red Flash their sixth straight loss of the season by beating the

Red Flash 3-1. As the game started, the Hawks

led by the attack of senior Mor-ganne Firmstone put constant pressure on the defenders of the Red Flash, getting three shots on goal in the first 10 minutes of the game. First attempt was by Firmstone, who broke open in the sixth minute, but was denied

by junior goal keeper Katelyn Vitali .

Hawks forward Ashley Mcpeek, got into the action in the ninth minute with a shot on goal, but her shot was denied by Vitali. Firmstone had another chance to put the Hawks on the scoreboard but Vitali denied her again. The field shifted after Firmstone’s miss and the Red f lash went on the attack, getting two penalty corners in the span of two minutes. One of those penalty corners led to a shot on goal by Caitlin Brown but was shut down by Mellissa Katz.

After a change of possession in the mid field, Monmouth fi-nally found an opening in the

Field Hockey Falls to Columbia, but Defeats Saint Francis (Pa.)26th minute when Michelle Piec-zynski took a shot that skipped past the goal keeper into the net to gave the Hawks the lead. That goal gave Pieczynski her seventh goal of the season.

Though the Hawks struck first it didn’t take a long time for Saint Francis to strike back. Within ten minutes they scored and the game was again tied at one, thanks to senior Rebecca Reif’s third goal of the season past Katz in the 34th minute right before the half was go-ing to end. No one else would score before halftime and the two teams headed into half time deadlocked at one.

The second half started with the Hawks and Red Flash trad-ing penalty corners, but after a missed shot by Kimmy Baligian, Morgan Firmstone was awarded a penalty stroke, giving her five goals on the season. After the Hawks regained the lead, the Red Flash started to put more emphasis on their attack.

The next twenty minutes showed the Saint Francis Red Flash take four penalty corners, but weren’t able to cash in on the scoreboard. After failed pen-alty corners attempted by sopho-more Tia Dudukovich, Kimmy Baligian got her tenth goal of the season when she put a shot past the Red f lash goal keeper to give the Hawks’ the 3-1 advantage in the game.

After this, the Hawks changed their focus to defense as they shut down the Red Flash for the rest of the half and the game would end in a 3-1 victory, end-ing their two game losing streak. The Hawks’ outshot the Red Flash 8-5 but they lost the battle in penalty corners, 10-6.

The Hawks are now 9-3 on the season and 1-0 in confer-ence play, while the Red Flash’s record falls to 2-10. The Hawks will go on the road for a two game weekend in Connecticut as they face the Pioneers of Sacred heart on Friday and Quinnipiac on Sunday.

PHOTO COURTESY Monmouth University Athletics

Melissa Katz is now 9-3 overall on the season with a goals against average of 1.91 and 59 saves.

Women’s Soccer Split Columbus Day Weekend Games

PHOTO COURTESY Monmouth University Athletics

Kim Malecki dribbles down the field in Sunday’s 2-0 loss to Central Connecticut State